This article analyses the determinants of wealth inequality at the local level in the Venetian Republic during 1400–1800 and explores the distributional effects of the terrible 1629–30 plague. We find that increasing regressive taxation was a major source of inequality growth.
Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)
Alfani, Guido
;Di Tullio, Matteo;Fochesato, Mattia
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This article analyses the determinants of wealth inequality at the local level in the Venetian Republic during 1400–1800 and explores the distributional effects of the terrible 1629–30 plague. We find that increasing regressive taxation was a major source of inequality growth.
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