Monopoly of taxation without a monopoly of violence: the weak state’s trade-offs from taxation

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• What: The authors explore the implications for the state of considering rebels as stationary bandits. This study is the outcome of ten-year collective endeavor in the course of which extremely significant contributions were made by Amani Lameke Gauthier Marchais Jean-Paul Zibika and the members of Marakuja Research. Using publicly available data, the authors provide suggestive evidence that, consistent with this possible inadvertent effect, the aftermath of military attempts to regain territory in Sub- U SC Saharan Africa has unusually high violence by rebels on civilians. In a first step, the authors provide evidence that U . . .
  

   

  

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