| ID | 090371 |
| Title Proper | Oil, Nontax revenue, and the redistributional foundations of regime stability |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Morrison, Kevin M |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Nontax revenues make up a substantial amount of government revenue around the world, though scholars usually focus on individual sources of such revenue (for example, foreign aid and state-owned oil companies). Using a theory of regime change that builds on recent models of the redistributional foundations of dictatorships and democracies, I generate hypotheses regarding all nontax revenue and regime stability. I argue that an increase in nontax revenue should be associated with less taxation of elites in democracies, more social spending in dictatorships, and more stability for both regime types. I find support for all three of these hypotheses in a cross-sectional time-series analysis, covering all countries and years for which the necessary data are available. Significantly, I show that the particular source of nontax revenue does not make a difference: they all act similarly with regard to regime stability and the causal mechanisms. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Organization Vol. 63, No. 1; Winter 2009: p.107-138 |
| Journal Source | International Organization Vol. 63, No. 1; Winter 2009: p.107-138 |
| Key Words | Oil ; Nontax Revenue ; Regime Stability ; Government Revenue ; Revenue |