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KURTZ, MARCUS J  y  SCHRANK, ANDREW. CAPTURING STATESTRENGTH: EXPERIMENTAL AND ECONOMETRIC APPROACHES. Rev. cienc. polít. (Santiago) [online]. 2012, vol.32, n.3, pp.613-621. ISSN 0718-090X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2012000300006.

While almost all definitions of the state and state capacity (or stateness) derive at their core from a Weberian emphasis on the characteristics of institutions, the dominant measures of this concept rely instead on subjective, perceptions-based indicators. We propose an alternative strategy rooted in direct experimentation and econometric modeling to develop objective measures of the strength of state institutions, both for a contemporary cross section, but also (for the latter) for cross-time historical data essential for tracking the development of institutions.

Palabras clave : State; State Building; Measurement; Objective; Experimental.

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