Ottoman State Finances in European Perspective, 1500–1914

The early modern era witnessed the formation across Europe of centralized states that captured increasing shares of resources as taxes. These states not only enjoyed greater capacity to deal with domestic and external challenges, they were also able to shield their economies better against wars. Thi...

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Published in:The Journal of economic history 2010-09, Vol.70 (3), p.593-629
Main Authors: Karaman, K. Kivanç, Pamuk, Şevket
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
16th century
18th century
19th century
Centralization
Conferences
Economic history
European history
Fiscal policy
Gross domestic product
Historiography
Income
Income taxes
Middle East
Military
Military technology
Modern Era
Ottoman Empire
Per capita
Pragmatism
Public finance
Revenue
Silver
State
State income tax
Studies
Tax collection
Tax revenue
Tax revenues
Taxation
Taxes
Turkey
War
World War I
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Summary:The early modern era witnessed the formation across Europe of centralized states that captured increasing shares of resources as taxes. These states not only enjoyed greater capacity to deal with domestic and external challenges, they were also able to shield their economies better against wars. This article examines the Ottoman experience with fiscal centralization using recently compiled evidence from budgets. It shows that due to high shares of intermediaries, Ottoman revenues lagged behind those of other states in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Ottomans responded to military defeats, however, and achieved significant increases in central revenues during the nineteenth century.
ISSN:0022-0507
1471-6372
DOI:10.1017/S0022050710000550