State Capacity, National Economic Policies and Local Development: The Russian State in the Southern Urals

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This study analyzes how state capacity shapes the local impact of national policies by exploiting a quasi-natural experiment in the regional expansion of the state. It uses the local discontinuity created by the boundary of the largest peasant rebellion in 18th century Russia where the state increased security forces and levied taxes more efficiently after the uprising ended. The results show that increased state capacity had limited effects on economic growth until the central government targeted specific development objectives. Namely, when rulers chose to build schools or foster industrialization, their national policies benefited areas which already had strong state capacity.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9616

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Institutions and Growth ; Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: Europe: Pre-1913 ; Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: Europe: 1913-
• Subject: economic growth ; public policies ; Russia ; state capacity

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Asmus, Gerda ; Franck, Raphaël
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/252133
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET