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Fiscal pressure and peasant impoverishment in Serbia before World War I
Journal of economic history • 39 (3) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 719-740
By: Palairet, Michael.
Abstract
According to Palairet, the expansion of government in Eastern Europe during the half century prior to World War I was financed by steady increases in fiscal pressure on the peasantry through taxation. A quantitative analysis by the author of the situation in Serbia '…indicates that, relative to their incomes, the fiscal burdens on farmers declined markedly, and that the growing revenue was provided mainly by the nonfarm sector. These trends were faciliated by the political strength of the peasants' (p. 719). A broad comparison of the Serbian case to that in Bulgaria and Russia during this period seems to indicate that fiscal pressure on farm incomes actually may have been decreasing throughout Eastern Europe, despite the growth of aggregate taxation.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Economist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1996
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- ca.1860s-1914
- Coverage Place
- Serbia
- Notes
- Michael Palairet
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 43006024
- LCSH
- Serbs