Research fields

  • Economic history
  • Public policy
  • Political economy

Selected publications

  • Goenaga, A. and Sabaté, O. 2026. Investing in Fiscal Capacity: Legislative Debates, Military Pressures and Tax Policy in the United Kingdom (1803-1913)Journal of Institutional Economics21: e47, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744137425100349
  • Torregrosa-Hetland, S. and Sabaté, O. 2025. Income taxes and redistribution in the early twentieth century, The Economic History Review, early view. https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.70026  
  • Sabaté, O. and Goenaga, A. 2025. The Rise of Modern Police Forces in the United Kingdom: Tracking Legislative Debates Around Police Reform (1803–1945)Social Science History49(2), 395–421https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2025.30
  • Sabaté, O.Peres-Cajías, J. 2025. The War of the Pacific and Chilean public revenues: Reallocation of the tax burden and institutional changeThe Economic History Review, early viewhttps://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.70023  
  • Goenaga, A., Sabaté, O., Teorell, J. 2023. The state does not live by warfare alone: War and revenue in the long nineteenth century. The Review of International Organizations, 18, 393-418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-022-09477-x