Essays about: "Revenue-System"

Found 1 essay containing the word Revenue-System.

  1. 1. The Failure of the Jagir-System: A Game-Theoretic Approach to the Fall of the Mughal Empire

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Eric Skoog; [2009]
    Keywords : Mughal Empire; Revenue-System; Principal-Agent Model; Incentives; Jagir;

    Abstract : In this paper, I investigate how the incentive-structures in the revenue-system of the Mughal Empire contributed to its disintegration. I develop a principal-agent model with multiple periods, to capture the situation that existed in the Mughal Empire. READ MORE