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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP14981
	DP14981 Threat of Taxation, Stagnation and Social Unrest: Evidence from 19th Century Sicily
	Gema Lax-Martinez; Dominic Rohner; Alessandro Saia
发表日期	2020-07-01
出版年	2020
语种	英语
摘要	Taxation may trigger social unrest, as highlighted by historical examples. At the same time, tax incomes could boost state capacity which may in turn foster political stability. Understanding better the a priori ambiguous taxation-turmoil nexus is particularly relevant for low-income countries today -- yet unfortunately any causal evidence on this has been very scarce. We exploit a unique policy experiment in 19th century Sicily to identify with the help of a regression discontinuity design (RDD) the effect of taxation on social unrest. It turns out that it is mostly the threat of taxation that may distort economic investment and ultimately result in higher levels of political turmoil.
主题	Development Economics ; Economic History ; Public Economics
关键词	Taxation Fiscal Conflict Unrest Growth Regression discontinuity design State capacity
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp14981
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/543926
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gema Lax-Martinez,Dominic Rohner,Alessandro Saia. DP14981 Threat of Taxation, Stagnation and Social Unrest: Evidence from 19th Century Sicily. 2020.