The Rise of Effective States in Europe

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S002205071500114X
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 901-918
• 关键词: economic-growth; moral hazard; taxation; england; centralization; 17th-century; revolution; EVOLUTION; capacity; POLITICS

摘要

This review article examines the development of state capacitythe extractive and productive power of states in European history. To explain the historical evolution of state capacity, I focus on the role of political innovations. I relate state capacity improvements to long-run economic growth and the establishment of twentieth-century welfare states. The article concludes with historical lessons for developing nations today.