The War Triggered by a Ten Cents Tax on Natural Resources

Authors

• Alvaro Villegas Aldazosa, Universidad Privada Boliviana

Abstract

This Article is intended to provide an historic tax analysis on the most controversial cause of the Pacific War (1879–1884) between Chile and the alliance of Peru and Bolivia, restating the importance of taxation on natural resources and the political consequences of inadequate tax policy measures.

Recommended Citation

Alvaro Villegas Aldazosa, The War Triggered by a Ten Cents Tax on Natural Resources, 22 Fla. Tax Rev. (2019).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/ftr/vol22/iss3/28