The influence of state capacity on citizen perceptions of distribution and, consequently their preferences and behavior has received relatively little attention in political science and economics. To address this gap in our understanding, we undertake a survey experiment in which we randomly encourage different perceptions of the state's fiscal capacity. Specifically, we ask how changes in taxpayers' perceptions of the state's fiscal capacity -- and implied distributional consequences for...
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