31 countries. 1800–2012. Tax revenue, broken down by type: income, property, customs, excises, consumption. New paper out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social introducing the Govrev dataset. 🧵

Scheidel's "Great Leveler" argued equality has historically come from violence. Can peaceful redistribution do the same? In our lab experiment, redistribution doesn't reduce punishment — it shifts it from 'punish the rich' to 'punish free-riders.' 🧵 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Inequality aversion and prosocial punishment: Evidence from a one-shot public goods game

The willingness to engage in costly punishment of free riders (prosocial punishment) is crucial to foster group cooperation and understand public goods provision. While prosocial punishment is common ...

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🆕 Financing the state Per F. Andersson introduces the Government Revenue Dataset, which provides information on central government revenues in 31 countries in Europe from 1800 to 2012 to reanalyse the relationship between elite competition + taxation.

Financing the state: Government tax revenue from 1800 to 2012 | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Financing the state: Government tax revenue from 1800 to 2012

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