非洲的财政状况：来自一个世纪增长的证据

IF 8.2 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

International Organization Pub Date : 2022-12-14 DOI:10.1017/S0020818322000285

Thilo N. H. Albers, Morten Jerven, Marvin Suesse

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引用次数: 12

摘要

今天发展中国家的国家能力水平是什么?在过去的一个世纪里，是什么推动了发展中国家的能力水平?我们构建了一个全面的新数据集，涵盖了从1900年到2015年的46个非洲国家的税收和收入。我们的数据显示，非洲各国政策的特点是财政能力平均强劲增长，但存在巨大的异质性。实证分析表明，典型的国家建设因素，如民主制度和国家间战争，对解释这些不同的增长路径的作用有限。另一方面，考虑非洲政治与国际环境之间的关系——通过外部融资的可用性和殖民主义的遗产——是理解它们在财政能力方面不同投资的关键。这些见解为已确立的国家建设理论增添了重要的细微差别。外部融资的可获得性不仅会阻碍财政能力投资，而且还会调节规范国家建设因素的功效。

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The Fiscal State in Africa: Evidence from a Century of Growth

Abstract What is the level of state capacity in developing countries today, and what have been its drivers over the past century? We construct a comprehensive new data set of tax and revenue collection for forty-six African polities from 1900 to 2015. Our data show that polities in Africa have been characterized by strong growth in fiscal capacity on average, but that substantial heterogeneity exists. The empirical analysis reveals that canonical state-building factors such as democratic institutions and interstate warfare have limited power to explain these divergent growth paths. On the other hand, accounting for the relationship between African polities and the international environment—through the availability of external finance and the legacy of colonialism—is key to understanding their differing investments in fiscal capacity. These insights add important nuances to established theories of state building. Not only can the availability of external finance deter investment in fiscal capacity, but it also moderates the efficacy of canonical state-building factors.

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International Organization Multiple-

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14.50

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1.30%

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