Chowdhury Abdur R.; Mansoob, Murshed Syed - In: Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy 19 (2013) 3, pp. 431-435
We examine the effect of war on state fiscal capacity in developing countries, measured by tax revenue to GDP ratios. In divided or factionalised societies, patronage may substitute for common interest public goods, with the possibility of violent contestation over a rent. Our dynamic panel...