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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP15601
	DP15601 Wars, Taxation and Representation: Evidence from Five Centuries of German History
	Sascha O. Becker; Andreas Ferrara; Eric Melander; Luigi Pascali
发表日期	2020-12-23
出版年	2020
语种	英语
摘要	We provide causal evidence for the role of conflicts in the development of representative institutions in Europe. Using novel data on the universe of German cities between 1250 and 1710, we show that involvement in wars resulted in city councils that were larger, had a higher probability of being elected by citizens, and a higher probability of guild representation. Additionally, conflicts led to a substantial long-term increase in local fiscal and spending capacity. This effect persisted well after the end of the conflicts: temporary war taxes were transformed into permanent sophisticated systems of taxation, while public spending was re-directed from military to civilian spending. We use the gender of the firstborn child of the best-connected local noble to instrument for conflict: a firstborn daughter increases the likelihood of conflict relative to a firstborn son.
主题	Development Economics ; Economic History ; Macroeconomics and Growth ; Public Economics
关键词	Wars Institutions Medieval constitutionalism Fiscal capacity
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp15601
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/544611
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sascha O. Becker,Andreas Ferrara,Eric Melander,et al. DP15601 Wars, Taxation and Representation: Evidence from Five Centuries of German History. 2020.