Handbook on the politics of taxation

1. Introduction to the handbook on the politics of taxation / Lukas Hakelberg and Laura Seelkopf -- Part I: The historical evolution of modern tax systems -- 2. Premodern taxation / Edgar Kiser -- 3. War and taxation: The father of all things or rather an obsession? / Patrick Emmenegger and André Walter -- 4. Political institutions and taxation, 1800-1945 / Per F. Andersson -- 5. The colonial tax state / Laura Seelkopf -- Part II: Comparative tax politics a: The basics -- 6. The domestic determinants of tax mixes / Achim Kemmerling and Zbigniew Truchlewski -- 7. Size and structure of the tax state in comparative perspective / Lukas Haffert -- 8. Political regimes and taxation: Do democratic rule and regime stability count? / Christian von Haldenwang -- 9. The politics of tax expenditures / Christian von Haldenwang, Achim Kemmerling, Agustin Redonda and Zbigniew Truchlewski -- 10. Fiscal decentralization / Amuitz Garmendia Madariaga B: CURRENT DEBATES -- 11. A race to the bottom? The politics of tax competition / Hanna Lierse -- 12. Taxation and inequality / Julian Limberg -- 13. Taxation and gender / Laura Seelkopf -- 14. The politics of green taxation / Lena Maria Schaffer -- Part III: International tax politics a: The basics -- 15. Politics and the diffusion of tax policy / Duane Swank -- 16. The politics and history of global tax governance / Martin Hearson and Thomas Rixen -- 17. The oecd's governance of international corporate taxation: Initiatives, instruments, and legitimacy / Richard Eccleston and Lachlan Johnson -- 18. The politics of taxation in the European Union / Indra Römgens and Aanor Roland B: CURRENT DEBATES -- 19. Power and resistance in the global fight against tax evasion / Loriana Crasnic and Lukas Hakelberg -- 20. The politics of taxing financial transactions in the eu / Saliha Metinsoy -- 21. Revenue challenges in developing countries: Can international assistance help? / Ida Bastiaens -- 22. The politics of taxing the digital economy / Rasmus Corlin Christensen and Wouter Lips -- Part IV: Preference formation -- 23. Why do people pay taxes? Explaining tax compliance by individuals / Alice Guerra and Brooke Harrington -- 24. What do people want? Explaining voter tax preferences / Sarah Berens and Margarita Gelepithis -- 25. Business interest groups and tax policy / Néstor Castañeda -- Index.