| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w22724 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 22724 |
| Why Not Taxation and Representation? A Note on the American Revolution | |
| Sebastian Galiani; Gustavo Torrens | |
| 发表日期 | 2016-10-10 |
| 出版年 | 2016 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Why did the most prosperous colonies in the British Empire mount a rebellion? Even more puzzling, why didn’t the British agree to have American representation in Parliament and quickly settle the dispute peacefully? At first glance, it would appear that a deal could have been reached to share the costs of the global public goods provided by the Empire in exchange for more political autonomy and/or formal representation for the colonies. (At least, this was the view of men of the time such as Lord Chapman, Thomas Pownall and Adam Smith.) We argue, however, that the incumbent government in Great Britain, controlled by the landed gentry, feared that giving political concessions to the colonies would undermine the position of the dominant coalition, strengthen the incipient democratic movement, and intensify social pressures for the reform of a political system based on land ownership. In particular, allowing Americans to be represented in Parliament was problematic because American elites could not credibly commit to refuse to form a coalition with the British opposition. Consequently, the only realistic options were to maintain the original colonial status or fight a full-scale war of independence. |
| 主题 | Microeconomics ; Welfare and Collective Choice ; History ; Other History |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w22724 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/580397 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sebastian Galiani,Gustavo Torrens. Why Not Taxation and Representation? A Note on the American Revolution. 2016. |
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