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Mapping the French gabelles: Fiscal fragmentation, tax evasion, and social conflict

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This seminar brings together several lines of research on the political economy of the salt tax (gabelle) in early modern France. First, we present a new parish-level GIS reconstructing the spatial organization of the gabelle based on a 1665 map collection. Second, we quantify the extent of tax evasion, finding that half of salt sales were evaded in the most affected districts, and study the consequences for the state. Third, we analyze the political costs of tax enforcement, showing that efforts to curb salt smuggling generated a substantial increase in conflicts between taxpayers and the state.

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