Private vices, public virtues: Fiscal income of the Royal Treasury of Chile at the end of the colonial period

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  • Juan José Martínez Barraza Universidad de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33231/j.ihe.2022.10.001

Keywords:

Royal Treasury, Economic growth, Chile, 18th-19th centuries, N16, N36, N46, N76

Abstract

This article deals with the evolution and financing of the Royal Treasury of Chile in the last colonial decades, through reports prepared by accountants of the Contadurías Mayores of this Capitanía and Peru. The results
show that the growth of the Chilean treasury was explained both by the good economic performance and by the fiscal measures derived from the reforms undertaken, especially after the adoption of the Ordenanzas de Intendentes (1786-1787). As a consequence, the Chilean royal treasury increased through an ever-increasing collection of direct contributions, in contrast to other Hispanic American spaces where those indirect ones marked the course of the hacienda. Although without dispensing with the regressive fiscal component, as confirmed by the 40 % that the set of taxes that levied the entrenched consumption of «vices» among the chilean populatio

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Published

2023-02-01

How to Cite

Martínez Barraza, J. J. (2023). Private vices, public virtues: Fiscal income of the Royal Treasury of Chile at the end of the colonial period. Investigaciones De Historia Económica, 19(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.33231/j.ihe.2022.10.001

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