This paper constructs a comprehensive set of State Capacity indicators for Colombian municipalities, focusing in four basic governmental capabilities: fiscal, financial, physical and operational. First, a group of relevant ...

The paper assesses the impact of natural resource abundance on state formation by looking at how tax structures responded to booming periods in the early ages of the Chilean and Peruvian republic, 1850-1930s. The paper ...

Este trabajo estudia el impacto del canon minero en las prácticas fiscales sub-nacionales en Perú. En particular se explorara si el régimen de distribución de fondos asociados a la actividad minera ha promovido o no la ...