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Timothy Besley

Global rank #39 99%

Institution: London School of Economics (LSE)

Primary Field: Public (weighted toward more recent publications)

Homepage: http://econ.lse.ac.uk/staff/tbesley/

First Publication: 1988

Most Recent: 2024

RePEc ID: pbe46 ↗

Publication Scores

Scores use coauthorship adjustment: α/n credit per paper, where n = number of authors. α = 2.01: calibrated so average adjusted count equals average raw count (a zero-sum adjustment).

Period S (4x) A (2x) B (1x) C (½x) Total
Last 5 Years 1.01 2.35 0.00 0.00 9.86
Last 10 Years 3.52 9.89 2.01 0.00 38.35
All Time 32.68 33.68 13.41 0.00 217.99

Publication Statistics

Raw Publications 84
Coauthorship-Adjusted Count 93.18

Publications (84)

Year Article Journal Tier Authors
2024 Trust and State Effectiveness: The Political Economy of Compliance Economic Journal A 2
2023 The Political Economics of Green Transitions Quarterly Journal of Economics S 2
2023 Norms, Enforcement, and Tax Evasion Review of Economics and Statistics A 3
2022 Editorial Economica C 7
2021 Antitrust Policies and Profitability in Nontradable Sectors American Economic Review: Insights A 3
2021 ‘The Crisis of the Tax State’ Oxford Review of Economic Policy C 1
2020 State Capacity, Reciprocity, and the Social Contract Econometrica S 1
2020 Reply to: Comments on “State Capacity, Reciprocity, and the Social Contract” Econometrica S 1
2019 Democratic Values and Institutions American Economic Review: Insights A 2
2019 JEEA-FBBVA LECTURE 2017: The Dynamics of Environmental Politics and Values Journal of the European Economic Association A 2
2018 Predation, Protection, and Productivity: A Firm-Level Perspective American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics A 2
2018 Competition in public service provision: The role of not-for-profit  providers Journal of Public Economics A 2
2018 Institutions, Volatility, and Investment Journal of the European Economic Association A 2
2017 Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden American Economic Review S 4
2017 Profit with Purpose? A Theory of Social Enterprise American Economic Journal: Economic Policy A 2
2017 The logic of hereditary rule: theory and evidence Journal of Economic Growth A 2
2017 Aspirations and the political economy of inequality Oxford Economic Papers C 1
2016 Resilient Leaders and Institutional Reform: Theory and Evidence Economica C 3
2016 The Contributions of Angus Deaton Scandanavian Journal of Economics B 1
2016 Long-run impacts of land regulation: Evidence from tenancy reform in India Journal of Development Economics A 4
2014 The incidence of transaction taxes: Evidence from a stamp duty holiday Journal of Public Economics A 3
2013 Bailouts and the Optimal Taxation of Bonus Pay American Economic Review S 2
2013 Weak States and Steady States: The Dynamics of Fiscal Capacity American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics A 3
2012 Estimating the Peace Dividend: The Impact of Violence on House Prices in Northern Ireland American Economic Review S 2
2012 Incentives and the De Soto Effect Quarterly Journal of Economics S 3
2012 Just Rewards? Local Politics and Public Resource Allocation in South India World Bank Economic Review B 3
2011 Pathologies of the state Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization B 1
2011 Working or shirking? Expenses and attendance in the UK Parliament Public Choice B 2
2011 The Logic of Political Violence Quarterly Journal of Economics S 2
2010 Political Competition, Policy and Growth: Theory and Evidence from the US Review of Economic Studies S 3
2009 Repression or Civil War? American Economic Review S 2
2009 The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics American Economic Review S 2
2008 Status Incentives American Economic Review S 2
2008 Insiders versus Outsiders in Monetary Policymaking American Economic Review S 3
2007 Fiscal restraints and voter welfare Journal of Public Economics A 2
2007 Retailing public goods: The economics of corporate social responsibility Journal of Public Economics A 2
2007 Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence Quarterly Journal of Economics S 2
2006 Health and Democracy American Economic Review S 2
2006 Handcuffs for the Grabbing Hand? Media Capture and Government Accountability American Economic Review S 2
2006 Editorial Journal of Development Economics A 2
2005 Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents American Economic Review S 2
2004 Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India Quarterly Journal of Economics S 2
2003 Centralized versus decentralized provision of local public goods: a political economy approach Journal of Public Economics A 2
2003 On the Public Choice Critique of Welfare Economics. Public Choice B 2
2003 Incentives, Choice, and Accountability in the Provision of Public Services Oxford Review of Economic Policy C 2
2002 The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India Quarterly Journal of Economics S 2
2001 Development microeconomics: Pranab K. Bardhan and C. Udry, 1999, Clarendon Press: Oxford, pp. 237 Journal of Development Economics A 1
2001 Political agency, government responsiveness and the role of the media European Economic Review B 2
2001 Government Versus Private Ownership of Public Goods Quarterly Journal of Economics S 2
2001 Lobbying and Welfare in a Representative Democracy Review of Economic Studies S 2
2000 Land Reform, Poverty Reduction, and Growth: Evidence from India Quarterly Journal of Economics S 2
1999 The demand for private health insurance: do waiting lists matter? Journal of Public Economics A 3
1999 The effects and policy implications of state aids to industry: an economic analysis Economic Policy B 2
1998 Sources of Inefficiency in a Representative Democracy: A Dynamic Analysis. American Economic Review S 2
1998 Private and public health insurance in the UK European Economic Review B 3
1998 Vertical externalities in tax setting: evidence from gasoline and cigarettes Journal of Public Economics A 2
1997 James Mirrlees' Contributions to the Theory of Information and Incentives Scandanavian Journal of Economics B 2
1997 Fiscal anarchy in the UK: Modelling poll tax noncompliance Journal of Public Economics A 3
1997 An Economic Model of Representative Democracy Quarterly Journal of Economics S 2
1996 The anatomy of an informal financial market: Rosca participation in Taiwan Journal of Development Economics A 2
1995 Incumbent Behavior: Vote-Seeking, Tax-Setting, and Yardstick Competition. American Economic Review S 2
1995 Group lending, repayment incentives and social collateral Journal of Development Economics A 2
1995 Uniform taxation and consumer preferences Journal of Public Economics A 2
1995 Does Electoral Accountability Affect Economic Policy Choices? Evidence from Gubernatorial Term Limits Quarterly Journal of Economics S 2
1995 The Design of Income Maintenance Programmes Review of Economic Studies S 2
1995 Property Rights and Investment Incentives: Theory and Evidence from Ghana. Journal of Political Economy S 1
1994 Thy Neighbor's Keeper: The Design of a Credit Cooperative with Theory and a Test Quarterly Journal of Economics S 3
1994 Rotating Savings and Credit Associations, Credit Markets and Efficiency Review of Economic Studies S 3
1993 Modeling Technology Adoption in Developing Countries. American Economic Review S 2
1993 The Economics of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations. American Economic Review S 3
1993 Hunger and public action : Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen (Oxford University Press, Oxford) Journal of Development Economics A 1
1992 Workfare versus Welfare Incentive Arguments for Work Requirements in Poverty-Alleviation Programs. American Economic Review S 2
1992 Understanding welfare stigma: Taxpayer resentment and statistical discrimination Journal of Public Economics A 2
1991 Public Provision of Private Goods and the Redistribution of Income. American Economic Review S 2
1990 Moral Hazard, Limited Liability and Taxation: A Principal-Agent Model. Oxford Economic Papers C 2
1990 Optimal reimbursement health insurance: An application of profit functions and Frischian demands Journal of Economic Theory A 1
1989 General equilibrium with parallel markets for goods and foreign exchange: Theory and application to Ghana World Development B 2
1989 Publicly provided disaster insurance for health and the control of moral hazard Journal of Public Economics A 1
1989 Commodity taxation and imperfect competition : A note on the effects of entry Journal of Public Economics A 1
1989 The Demand for Health Care and Health Insurance. Oxford Review of Economic Policy C 1
1988 Tied-in credit with a monopoly product market Economics Letters C 1
1988 Optimal reimbursement health insurance and the theory of Ramsey taxation Journal of Health Economics B 1
1988 A simple model for merit good arguments Journal of Public Economics A 1
1988 Rationing, Income Effects and Supply Response: A Theoretical Note. Oxford Economic Papers C 1