An Index Measuring State Capacity, 1789–2018
利用民主多样性数据集中的财政能力、领土控制、法治和公共品提供等指标，构建了一个覆盖更广时间和国家的国家能力指数，并验证了战争历史对国家能力的预测作用。
This paper contributes to the literature on state capacity by developing a method that yields an index of state capacity with far more comprehensive data coverage across time and countries than has been possible previously. Unlike narrower measures of fiscal capacity or legal capacity, the index is more comprehensive, using data from the Varieties of Democracy dataset on fiscal capacity, a state's control over its territory, the rule of law, and the provision of public goods used to support markets. Like the previous literature, it demonstrates that the historical prevalence of warfare predicts state capacity. Several exercises are performed to demonstrate the validity of the index in measuring state capacity.