A Note on Taxation, Development and Representative Government

摘要: This article proposes a model representing the relationship between economic actors and revenue seeking governments. Given need for revenues, predicts allocation of new tax burden patterns control over public policy. The is motivated by history rise parliaments in Western Europe. It extended to urban developmental politics. designed employ techniques "neo-classical" economics explore themes which have been developed most clearly Marxist writings. Most importantly, suggests way which, given specific fractions private sector can gain policy. And it characterizes precisely factors yield differences ability agents market defect from tax-levying state. The analysis thus gives insight into both origins limitations political democracy.