The Origins of Government and the State
综述了关于历史上最早国家的经济学研究，梳理了将政府本质视为掠夺性或合作性的两种核心假说及其理论实证进展，指出这一根本分歧尚未解决，有待进一步研究。
In recent years, a vibrant literature has emerged that studies the first states in history, both as substantive topic of interest and as an important input into understanding modern government. This survey article presents, structures, and discusses recent advances in the theoretical and empirical study in the economics of the origins of government and the state. The core hypotheses in this literature view the nature of government as extractive or cooperative. I discuss how this fundamental dichotomy in the view of the state has influenced its study and review empirical contributions. The fundamental dichotomy is not resolved, leaving room for further research.