Historical Prevalence of War Predicts State Capacity
* Article: An Index Measuring State Capacity, 1789-2018. Ryan Murphy and Colin O'Reilly. Economica, 17 February 2022 doi
URL = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ftr/10.1111/ecca.12411
The authors show that the prevalence of warfare is a determinant of the extent of state capacity, and state this is a recurrent finding.