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DOI10.3386/w26848
来源IDWorking Paper 26848
The Weak State Trap
Leopoldo Fergusson; Carlos A. Molina; James A. Robinson
发表日期2020-03-16
出版年2020
语种英语
摘要Development outcomes come in ‘clusters’ that seem difficult to exit. Using original data from Colombia, we present evidence of the interconnection between two critical political components: state weakness and clientelism. State weakness creates the right environment for clientelism to flourish. Clientelism sets in place a structure of incentives for politicians and citizens that is detrimental to building state capacity. We show that vote buying, as a measure of clientelism, and tax evasion, as a measure of state weakness, are highly correlated at the micro level. We also report evidence that both practices are widely accepted in society, a result consistent with a deeply entrenched relationship of mutually reinforcing influences. Finally, we propose a set of mechanisms that underlie the hypothesis that a weak state and widespread clientelism are part of a political equilibrium with multiple feedback loops. Our results suggest that state weakness is a trap that is likely hard to exit.
主题Microeconomics ; Welfare and Collective Choice ; Public Economics ; Taxation
URLhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w26848
来源智库National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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Leopoldo Fergusson,Carlos A. Molina,James A. Robinson. The Weak State Trap. 2020.
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