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This paper investigates the trade-offs between local elites and state agents as tax collectors in low-capacity states. We study a…
The pantheon of autocratic leaders includes a great many sexists, from Napoleon Bonaparte, who decriminalized the murder of unfaithful…
Current demand and supply dynamics mean that a punitive tax on Russian oil would be both onerous for Russia and profitable for the rest of…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been rapid and dramatic, but the global economic consequences will be much slower to materialize and less…