State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach
We study the direct and spillover effects of local state capacity in Colombia. We model the determination of state capacity as a network game between municipalities and the national government. We estimate this model exploiting the municipality network and the roots of local state capacity related t...
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| author | Acemoglu, Daron Garcia-Jimeno, Camilo Robinson, James A. |
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| description | We study the direct and spillover effects of local state capacity in Colombia. We model the determination of state capacity as a network game between municipalities and the national government. We estimate this model exploiting the municipality network and the roots of local state capacity related to the presence of the colonial state and royal roads. Our estimates indicate that local state capacity decisions are strategic complements. Spillover effects are sizable, accounting for about 50 percent of the quantitative impact of an expansion in local state capacity, but network effects driven by equilibrium responses of other municipalities are much larger. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/984212022-10-01T15:22:01Z State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach Acemoglu, Daron Garcia-Jimeno, Camilo Robinson, James A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Acemoglu, Daron We study the direct and spillover effects of local state capacity in Colombia. We model the determination of state capacity as a network game between municipalities and the national government. We estimate this model exploiting the municipality network and the roots of local state capacity related to the presence of the colonial state and royal roads. Our estimates indicate that local state capacity decisions are strategic complements. Spillover effects are sizable, accounting for about 50 percent of the quantitative impact of an expansion in local state capacity, but network effects driven by equilibrium responses of other municipalities are much larger. United States. Army Research Office. Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (W911NF-12-1-0509) 2015-09-09T15:45:36Z 2015-09-09T15:45:36Z 2015-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0002-8282 1944-7981 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98421 Acemoglu, Daron, Camilo Garcia-Jimeno, and James A. Robinson. “State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach.” American Economic Review 105, no. 8 (August 2015): 2364–2409. © 2015 American Economic Association https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-7491 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20140044 American Economic Review Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Economic Association American Economic Association |
| spellingShingle | Acemoglu, Daron Garcia-Jimeno, Camilo Robinson, James A. State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach |
| title | State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach |
| title_full | State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach |
| title_fullStr | State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach |
| title_short | State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach |
| title_sort | state capacity and economic development a network approach |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98421 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-7491 |
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