How is the attainment of state legitimacy through domestic revenue mobilization be maintained under international trade? The international financial institutions such as the IMF, advocate for trade liberalization which are sometimes conditioned in loans and other economic assistance advanced to developing countries. These liberalization policies run parallel with taxation and other domestic revenue mobilization policies to enhance state building in most, if not all, of these developing countries. One ambiguous relationship is the one that exist, both theoretical and empirical, between tax...