Articles we recommend you to read October 2024
Frizell, J. (2024). Rallying Fiscal Patriotism: War Taxes in the Contemporary World. Comparative Political Studies, 57 (8), 1275 – 1405. Summary: Constituting a central historical link between war and long-term fiscal capacity, war taxes are generally perceived to be a thing of the past. This article corrects the picture by presenting new, global data […]
Articles you should read April 2023
Robinson (2023) “Tax Aversion and the Social Contract in Africa”. Journal of African Economies. Abstract: Despite the low levels of taxation and public good provision in Africa, I provide evidence that a large proportion of Africans prefer lower taxation and fewer public goods. This cannot be explained by standard arguments about problems of accountability, governance […]
Articles you should read February 2023
Kristine Sævold (2022) Tax Havens of the British Empire Development, Policy Responses, and Decolonization, 1961-1979. Thesis for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) University of Bergen, Norway. Literature within an International Political Economy tradition of the social sciences has placed the role of the British Empire at the centre of the formation of a […]
