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The Making of a Developing Fiscal State: A New Historical Dataset and a Graphical Network Analysis for Greece, 1833-1939

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  • Franciscos Koutentakis

    (Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece)

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The paper studies the historical process of fiscal state-building in 19th and early 20th century Greece. A new public finances dataset, compiled from primary sources, is combined with international databases in a graphical network analysis revealing a rich set of dynamic interactions between economic (tax revenue, debt payments and GDP per capita) and institutional variables (army and representation). The emphasis is on two particular results closely related to the fiscal capacity literature: (a) the size of the army had a positive causal effect on tax revenues whereas (b) representation had a negative causal effect on tax revenue.

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  • Franciscos Koutentakis, 2023. "The Making of a Developing Fiscal State: A New Historical Dataset and a Graphical Network Analysis for Greece, 1833-1939," Working Papers 2307, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:crt:wpaper:2307
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    Economic History; Applied research;

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    • N01 - Economic History - - General - - - Development of the Discipline: Historiographical; Sources and Methods
    • N20 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • N50 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - General, International, or Comparative

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