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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Main Authors: Acemoglu, Daron (Contributor), Garcia-Jimeno, Camilo (Author), Robinson, James A. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association, 2015-09-09T15:45:36Z.
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