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Fiscal states – the origins and developmental implications: Research papers and collaborating researchers

Research paper	Author(s)
The political economy of the resource curse: a development perspective	Antonio Savoia, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester Kunal Sen, Director, UNU-WIDER
Investigating the fiscal resource curse: what’s China got to do with it?	Daniel Chachu, PhD student, University of Ghana Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Associate Professor, University of Ghana
Constraints on the executive and tax revenues in the long run	Antonio Savoia, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester Kunal Sen, Director, UNU-WIDER Abrams Mbu Enow Tagem, Research Associate, UNU-WIDER
What are the drivers of tax capacity in sub-Saharan Africa?	Oliver Morrissey, Professor, University of Nottingham Abrams Mbu Enow Tagem, Research Associate, UNU-WIDER
Pre-colonial centralization and tax compliance norms in contemporary Uganda	Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Research Professor, Chr Michelsen Institute Merima Ali, Senior Researcher, Chr Michelsen Institute
No taxation without informational foundation: On the role of legibility in tax state development	Matthias Vom Hau, Associate Professor, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals José Alejandro Peres Cajias, Research Fellow, University of Barcelona Hillel Soifer, Associate Professor, Temple University
No taxation without property rights: Formalization of property rights on land and tax revenues from individuals in sub-Saharan Africa	Marina Nistotskaya, Associate Professor, University of Gothenburg Michelle D’Arcy, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Fiscal capacity in non-democratic states: the origins and expansion of income tax	Per F. Andersson, Researcher, Department of Political Science, Lund University
Taxless fiscal states: Lessons from 19th century America and 21st century China	Yuen Yuen Ang, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
The fiscal state and the social contract in Africa	James A. Robinson, Director of The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts, University of Chicago
Fiscal states in sub-Saharan Africa: Conceptualization and empirical trends	Anne Mette Kjaer, Professor, Aarhus University Ane Karoline Bak Foged, Postdoc Researcher, Aarhus University Matilde Jeppesen, PhD student, Aarhus University
Is there a fiscal resource curse?	Tania Masi, Postdoc Researcher, University of Milano-Bicocca Antonio Savoia, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester Kunal Sen, Director, UNU-WIDER
Good institutions and tax revenue outcomes in resource-rich countries	Daniel Chachu, PhD student, University of Ghana
Glimpses of fiscal states in sub-Saharan Africa	Mick Moore, Professional Fellow, Institute of Development Studies and Senior Fellow, International Centre for Tax and Development

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