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Nontaxation and representation : the fiscal foundations of political stability /
"Does oil make countries autocratic? Can foreign aid make countries democratic? Does taxation lead to representation? In this book, Kevin M. Morrison develops a novel argument about how government revenues of all kinds affect political regimes and their leaders. Contrary to conventional wisdom,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Dedication; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Revenue Paradoxes; 1.2 Nontax Revenue around the World; 1.3 Toward a Theory of Revenue and Regime Stability: An Outline of the Book; 2 Taxation Leads to Instability, Not Representation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Spending, Taxation, and Stability; 2.2.1 Spending; 2.2.2 Taxation; 2.3 Taxation, Spending, and Regime Instability; 2.4 Taxation, Spending, and the Durability of Authoritarian Leaders.
- 2.5 Conclusion3 Nontax Revenue Lowers Taxation and Increases Spending; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A Theory of Nontax Revenue, Taxation, and Spending; 3.2.1 Different Political Regimes; 3.2.2 Different Government Finance Systems; 3.2.3 Different Kinds of Nontax Revenue; 3.2.4 Summary; 3.3 Nontax Revenue, Taxation, and Spending: The Empirics; 3.4 Conclusion; 4 Nontax Revenue (Therefore) Leads to Stability; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Nontax Revenue and Political Stability; 4.3 Illustrating the Mechanisms: Mexico and Kenya; 4.3.1 Mexico; 4.3.2 Kenya.
- 4.4 Nontax Revenue and Political Regimes: Cross-National Statistical Analysis4.5 Nontax Revenue and the Durability of Authoritarian Leaders; 4.6 Conclusion; 5 This Happens at Subnational Levels of Governments, Too; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Brazil: The Details of a Least-Likely Case; 5.3 Validity of the Design; 5.4 Estimation Approach; 5.5 Estimation Results; 5.6 Conclusion; Appendix 5A: The FPM Transfer Allocation; Appendix 5B: Estimating Effects at Individual and Pooled Cutoffs; 6 Conclusions and Implications; 6.1 Summary of Argument; 6.2 Theoretical Implications; 6.3 Policy Implications.
- 6.3.1 A "Selectivity" Approach to Natural Resources (and Nontax Revenue in General)6.4 Conclusion; References; Index.