Project

The development of the fiscal administration as a manifestation of state capacity and

Code

3G0B4312N

Duration

01 January 2012 → 31 December 2015

Funding

Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Eric Vanhaute

Research disciplines

Humanities and the arts
- History
Social sciences
- Economic history

Keywords

tax culture tax morale state capacity fiscal administration state formation infrastructural power English Comparative Quantitative 19th Century Belgium Western Europe History

Project description

The French revolution created a new fiscality and tax administration; key elements in the state formation processes and the organization of society itself. This research project examines the contrast between the continuity of the former fiscal system and the Belgian economic expansion (1795-1852). Which role did the tax administration play in the formation of the modern Belgian ‘fiscal state’?