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State Capacity in Latin America.

The writer discusses the capacity of the state in Latin America to raise revenues, including income tax, from the population, which is essential to the state's ability to deliver public services or redistribute wealth. He attempts to demonstrate how the high concentration of economic and political...

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Published in:Economia Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 1 - 46
Main Author: Cárdenas, Mauricio
Format: Article
Published: Brookings Institution Press Spring 2010
Subjects:
Mathematical models of income distribution
Economic development & politics
State, The
Fiscal policy
Civil war
Economics
Latin America
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