NOVAFRICA Seminar: Sexual Harassment in Public Spheres and Policing: Experimental Evidence from Urban India
On Wednesday, October 12th, at 02.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 134 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Sofia Amaral from ifo Center for Labour and Demographic Economics to present her work on “Sexual Harassment in Public Spheres and Policing: Experimental Evidence from Urban India”.
Author:
Sofia Amaral
Abstract:
This paper studies the role of fiscal capacity in European state consolidation. Our analysis is organized around novel data on the territories and cities of the Holy Roman Empire in the early modern era. Territories implementing an early fiscal reform were more likely to survive, increased in size, and achieved a more compact
extent. We provide evidence for the causal interpretation of these results and show key mechanisms: revenues, military investments, and marriage success. The imposition of Imperial taxes, which increased the benefits of an efficient tax administration, exogenously drove the implementation of fiscal centralization, tilting the consolidating states toward absolutism.
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