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Not Even for Merriment - Economic Concentration and Institutions
(2018-08-13)
Institutional design is often argued to be an expression and an instrument of the will of powerful
interests. In this dissertation, I examine the impact of diversification and changes in the economy on
institutional ...
Taxation and Government Quality
(2016-02-11)
The question of what creates government quality, or good institutions, is one of the central puzzles in modern political science. This dissertation investigates a hitherto underexplored cause: taxation. Historical research ...