Representation and Taxation in the American South, 1820-1910.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Jeffrey.

Contributor:

Pardelli, Giuliana.

Timmons, Jeffrey F.

Series:

Elements in Political Economy Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This Element explains and documents state-level fiscal developments in American Southern states from 1820-1910. Using an original, archival data set of annual tax revenues, we show that the economic interests of rural elites played a critical role in shaping the observed fiscal patterns within and across these states over this period.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Imprints Page

Representation and Taxation in the American South 1820-1910

Contents

1 Political and Fiscal Development in the American South

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Historical Context

2 Theoretical Framework

2.1 The Existing Literature

2.2 The Argument

3 Data and Empirical Strategy

3.1 Property Taxes between 1820 and 1910

3.1.1 Empirical Measures of Property Taxes

3.1.2 Ad Valorem Property Tax Rates

3.1.3 Property Tax Incidence

3.2 Other Measures of Taxation

3.2.1 Total State Tax Revenues Collected

3.2.2 Total State and Local Property Taxes Levied

3.2.3 Poll Tax Rates

3.3 Other Data

3.3.1 Public Spending and Collective Goods

3.3.2 Demographic, Economic, and Political Variables

4 Property Taxes before the Civil War

4.1 Property Taxes between 1820 and 1860

4.2 Variation in De Jure Political Control

4.3 Results

4.4 Collective Goods for Elites: Railroads versus Education

Public Education Spending

4.5 Robustness

5 Postwar Taxation

5.1 Reconstruction and Its Aftermath

5.1.1 Context

5.1.2 Analysis

5.1.3 State Spending on Common Schools

5.2 Jim Crow: Formal Black Disenfranchisement (1880-1910)

5.2.1 Context

5.2.2 Analysis

5.2.3 Event Study

5.2.4 State Spending on Common Schools versus Universities

Conclusion

References.

Notes:

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