State Capacity, Property Rights, and External Revenues: Haiti, 1932–1949
研究了外部收入如何影响国家在法律能力上的投资，以1942年美国动员导致海地外部收入减少为例，发现这一冲击反而促进了法律能力的提升，原因在于财政与法律能力投资的制度关联。
External revenues blunt investments in fiscal capacity. But how do external revenues affect investments in legal capacity? In a simple model of state capacity investment, external revenues should be positively correlated with investments in legal capacity. But this implication could flip if fiscal capacity lowers the cost of legal capacity investments. I test the model by looking at Haiti in 1942 when U.S. mobilization caused a negative shock to external revenues. Contrary to the basic model, the shock led to an increase in legal capacity. This puzzle is explained by institutions that tied fiscal and legal capacity investments.