T. Besley

Economics and Econometrics · 2000–2015

A researcher in the Science corpus: 21 papers; trusts 38 researchers and is trusted by 35 researchers here, as inferred from the citation graph.

Subfields

• Economics and Econometrics — 102 citations into it; #4,669 of 23,481 by trust here, #2,144 by citations
• Sociology and Political Science — 55 citations into it; #4,227 of 22,756 by trust here, #4,059 by citations
• Safety Research — 33 citations into it; #2,354 of 5,829 by trust here, #887 by citations
• Political Science and International Relations — 31 citations into it; #574 of 4,701 by trust here, #188 by citations
• Accounting — 25 citations into it
• Demography — 18 citations into it; #790 of 4,236 by trust here, #820 by citations
• Strategy and Management — 11 citations into it
• Finance — 10 citations into it; #8,929 of 10,518 by trust here, #5,336 by citations

Whom T. Besley trusts overall

Their strongest outbound trust, strongest first, inferred from their citations.

1. Torsten Persson
2. Timothy J. Besley
3. George A. Akerlof
4. Simeon Djankov
5. Daron Acemoglu
6. M. Ravallion
7. Tim Besley
8. Mark Bagnoli
9. Avinash Dixit
10. David P. Baron

Who trusts T. Besley overall

1. Timothy J. Besley
2. David Yanagizawa-Drott
3. Torsten Persson
4. Daron Acemoglu
5. Rohini Pande
6. J. Ayee
7. Marko Klašnja
8. James E. Alt
9. Barry R. Weingast
10. Andrea Mattozzi

Papers from T. Besley's perspective

Ordered by how strongly the researchers T. Besley trusts endorse each paper. Same corpus, a different order for every researcher.

1. Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy (Zeuthen Lectures)
2. Can Mandated Political Representation Increase Policy Influence for Disadvantaged Minorities? Theory and Evidence from India
3. Identity and the Economics of Organizations
4. THE COLONIAL ORIGINS OF COMPARATIVE DEVELOPMENT: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
5. WOMEN AS POLICY MAKERS: EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED POLICY EXPERIMENT IN INDIA
6. On the Duration of Civil War
7. State Capacity, Conflict and Development
8. The U.S. Structural Transformation and Regional Convergence: A Reinterpretation (Journal of Political Economy)
9. Incentives for Managers and Inequality Among Workers: Evidence from a Firm Level Experiment (Social Science Research Network)
10. The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India

Their papers

• Political Competition, Policy and Growth: Theory and Evidence from the US (2010) — 416 citations
• The Logic of Political Violence (2011) — 508 citations
• THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC GOOD PROVISION: EVIDENCE FROM INDIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (2004) — 409 citations
• Lobbying and welfare in a representative democracy (2001) — 237 citations
• Why Do Developing Countries Tax So Little (2014) — 660 citations
• Retailing public goods: The economics of corporate social responsibility (2007) — 566 citations
• Weak States and Steady States: The Dynamics of Fiscal Capacity (2013) — 112 citations
• INCENTIVES, CHOICE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES (2003) — 281 citations
• WARS AND STATE CAPACITY (2008) — 249 citations
• Political agency, government responsiveness and the role of the media (2001) — 228 citations
• Paying Politicians: Theory and Evidence (2004) — 269 citations
• PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: SURVEY EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH INDIA (2005) — 212 citations
• Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth : Insights and Lessons from Country Experiences (2006) — 148 citations
• Law, Regulation, and the Business Climate: The Nature and Influence of the World Bank Doing Business Project † (2015) — 145 citations
• Profit with purpose? a theory of social enterprise with experimental evidence (2013) — 117 citations
• Pillars of Prosperity (2011) — 284 citations
• Pillars of Prosperity: The Political Economics of Development Clusters (2011) — 729 citations
• Political Competition, Policy and Growth: Theory and Evidence from the United States (2010) — 137 citations
• Principled Agents?: The Political Economy of Good Government (2006) — 1,208 citations
• Mass media and political accountability (2002) — 131 citations