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state capacity: a standalone construct

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statecapacity1 CONSTRUCTState capacityBESLEY · POLITICAL ECONOMY

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Political economy

a state's ability to raise taxes and enforce contracts and property rights, built through deliberate investment.

In political economy, state capacity refers to a state's ability to raise taxes and enforce contracts and property rights, built through deliberate investment. This meaning comes from Besley (2009) in American Economic Review.[1]

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References

  1. Besley, T., & Persson, T. (2009). The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics. American Economic Review, 99(4), 1218-1244. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.99.4.1218

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