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Series:   Elements in Political Economy

Geography, Capacity, and Inequality

Spatial Inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2022

Pablo Beramendi  and
Melissa Rogers
Pablo Beramendi
Affiliation:
Duke University, North Carolina

Summary

In this Element, we investigate how economic geography, the distribution of subnational economic endowments within a nation, shapes long-run patterns of inequality through its impact on the development of fiscal capacity. We present an argument that links economic geography to capacity through different types of industrialization processes. We show how early industrializers shape spatial distributions domestically by investing in productivity across their nations, and externally by reinforcing spatial polarization among late industrializers. We also show how differences in economic geography impact the process of capacity building, setting the stage for the modern politics of redistribution discussed in Volume II. We support this argument with descriptive data, case studies, and cross-national analyses.
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economic geographyindustrializationstate capacityinequalityredistribution
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Series: Elements in Political Economy
Online ISBN: 9781108908702
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 09 June 2022

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