Arbeitspapier

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

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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9616

Klassifikation
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-
Thema
economic growth
public policies
Russia
state capacity

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Asmus, Gerda
Franck, Raphaël
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Asmus, Gerda
  • Franck, Raphaël
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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