Gür, Nurullah2020-11-212020-11-2120141350-4851https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2014.889793https://hdl.handle.net/11467/3727Our article investigates the effect of taxation on democracy. We exploit exogenous variation in taxation driven by wars from the pre-modern era and document a positive and highly significant first-stage relationship between pre-modern war casualties and taxation. Using this instrumental variable strategy, we find that taxation has a positive effect on democracy. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor & Francis.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesscasualtiesdemocracyinstrumental variabletax revenueArticle2111763766Q4WOS:000335196600011Q22-s2.0-8489804143310.1080/13504851.2014.889793