eprintid: 892
rev_number: 40
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datestamp: 2011-09-19 10:53:29
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creators_name: Dincecco, Mark
creators_name: Federico, Giovanni
creators_name: Vindigni, Andrea
creators_id: m.dincecco@imtlucca.it
creators_id: giovanni.federico@eui.eu
creators_id: andrea.vindigni@imtlucca.it
title: Warfare, Taxation, and Political Change: Evidence from the Italian Risorgimento
ispublished: pub
subjects: HC
subjects: HG
subjects: JN
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: public
abstract: We examine the relationships between warfare, taxation, and political change in the context of the political unification of the Italian peninsula. Using a comprehensive new database, we argue that external and internal threat environments had significant implications for the demand for military strength, which in turn had important ramifications for fiscal policy and the likelihood of constitutional reform and related improvements in the provision of non-military public services. Our analytic narrative complements recent theoretical and econometric works about state capacity. By emphasizing public finances, we also uncover novel insights about the forces underlying state formation in Italy.
date: 2011-12-01
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Economic History
volume: 71
number: 4
publisher: Cambridge University Press
pagerange: 887-914
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0022-0507
official_url: http://www.rairo-ita.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JEH
citation:   Dincecco, Mark and Federico, Giovanni and Vindigni, Andrea  Warfare, Taxation, and Political Change: Evidence from the Italian Risorgimento.  Journal of Economic History, 71 (4).  pp. 887-914.  ISSN 0022-0507      (2011)  
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/892/1/JEH%20risorgimento%20dec%202011.pdf