Does War Make States? Military Spending and the Italian State‐Building, 1861–1945

We present empirical evidence on the relationship between military spending and the expansion of other government budget items and tax revenues from the unification of Italy (1861) up to the end of World War II. Until 1922, investments in education and social transfers to families mainly moved in st...

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