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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP8548 |
DP8548 Transparency, Appropriability and the Early State | |
Joram Mayshar; Omer Moav; Zvika Neeman | |
发表日期 | 2011-08-01 |
出版年 | 2011 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | We propose a general theory that explains the extent of the state and accounts for related institutions as byproducts of the state's extractive technology. We posit further that this extractive technology is determined by the transparency of the production technology. This theory is applied to examine two principal phases in the evolution of the early state. First, we argue that the common explanation of the emergence of the state as a consequence of the availability of food surplus due to the Neolithic Revolution is flawed, since it ignores Malthusian considerations. In contrast, we suggest that what led to the emergence of the state was a transformation of the tax technology that was induced by the greater transparency of the new farming technology. We then apply our theory to explain key institutional features that distinguished ancient Egypt from ancient Mesopotamia, and, in particular, to explain their different land tenure regimes. |
主题 | International Macroeconomics ; Public Economics |
关键词 | Appropriability Institutions Land tenure The early state transparency |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp8548 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/537381 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Joram Mayshar,Omer Moav,Zvika Neeman. DP8548 Transparency, Appropriability and the Early State. 2011. |
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