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

Franciscos Koutentakis

No 2307, Working Papers from University of Crete, Department of Economics

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Economic History; Applied research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N01 N20 N50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2023-11-08
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