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State Capacity and Military Conflict

Nicola Gennaioli, Hans-Joachim Voth

Review of Economic Studies 82(4), pp. 1409-1448 (2015)

Published version SSRN

Abstract

In 1500, Europe was composed of hundreds of statelets and principalities. By 1800, Europe had consolidated into a handful of powerful, centralized nation states. We build a model that simultaneously explains both the emergence of capable states and growing divergence between European powers.

Keywords
state capacity, military conflict, fiscal capacity, Europe, political economy
DOI
10.1093/restud/rdv019
Canonical
https://www.jvoth.com/papers/state-capacity-military-conflict.html

Nicola Gennaioli, Hans-Joachim Voth (2015). “State Capacity and Military Conflict.” Review of Economic Studies.