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Besley, Timothy and Dray, Sacha (2024) Trust and state effectiveness: the political economy of compliance. The Economic Journal. ISSN 0013-0133 (In Press)
Besley, Timothy (2023) Political inequality. Oxford Open Economics. ISSN 2752-5074 (In Press)
Besley, Timothy (2023) History of inequality. Oxford Open Economics. ISSN 2752-5074 (In Press)
Besley, Timothy, Fetzer, Thiemo and Mueller, Hannes (2023) How big is the media multiplier? Evidence from dyadic news data. Review of Economics and Statistics. ISSN 0034-6535 (In Press)
Coyle, Diane, Fabian, Mark, Beinhocker, Eric, Besley, Timothy and Stevens, Margaret (2023) Is it time to reboot welfare economics? Overview. Fiscal Studies, 44 (2). 109 - 121. ISSN 0143-5671
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2023) The political economics of green transitions. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 138 (3). 1863 - 1906. ISSN 0033-5533
Besley, Timothy and Dray, Sacha (2023) The political economy of lockdown: does free media matter? European Journal of Political Economy, 78. ISSN 0176-2680
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2022) Organizational dynamics: culture, design, and performance. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. ISSN 8756-6222
Besley, Timothy and Dray, Sacha (2022) Pandemic responsiveness: evidence from social distancing and lockdown policy during COVID-19. PLOS ONE, 17 (5). ISSN 1932-6203
Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin, Khan, Adnan and Xu, Guo (2022) Bureaucracy and development. Annual Review of Economics, 14. 397 - 424. ISSN 1941-1383
Besley, Timothy (2021) Is cohesive capitalism under threat? Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 37 (4). 720 – 733. ISSN 1460-2121
Besley, Timothy, Jensen, Anders Ditlev and Persson, Torsten (2021) Norms, enforcement, and tax evasion. Review of Economics and Statistics. 1 - 28. ISSN 0034-6535
Besley, Timothy, Fontana, Nicola and Limodio, Nicola (2021) Antitrust policies and profitability in non-tradable sectors. American Economic Review: Insights, 3 (2). 251 - 265. ISSN 2640-2068
Besley, Timothy and Stern, Nicholas (2020) The economics of lockdown. Fiscal Studies, 41 (3). 493 - 513. ISSN 0143-5671
Besley, Timothy (2020) State capacity, reciprocity and the social contract. Econometrica, 88 (4). 1307 - 1335. ISSN 0012-9682
Ahearn, Bertie, Singh Ahluwalia, Montek, Ahmed, Masood, Alphandéry, Edmond, Altwaijri, HE Dr Abdulaziz Altwaijri, Amato, Giuliano, Amersi, Mohamed, Arbour, Louise, Aria, Óscar, Aziz, Shaukat, Bajnai, Gordon, Balkenende, Jan Peter, Banda, HE Joyce, Barak, Ehud, Barletta, Nicolás Ardito, Barroso, José Manuel, Basu, Kaushik, Bazira, Dr Deus, Belka, Marek, Berggruen, Nicolas, Berglöf, Erik, Berisha, Sali, Besley, Timothy, Bildt, Carl, Birkavs, Valdis, Blair, Tony, Bolger, James Brendan, Bondevik, Kjell Magne, Bolton, Patrick, Brahimi, Lakhdar, Brown, Gordon, Brundtland, Gro Harlem, Bruton, John, Calderón, Felipe, Calderón, Rafael Ángel, Cárdenas, Mauricio, Cardoso, Fernando Henrique, Çetin, Hikmet, Chinchilla, Laura, Chissano, HE Joaquim, Cristiani, Alfredo, Clark, Helen, Constantinescu, Emil, Cousin, Ertharin, De Croo, Herman, Cvetković, Mirko, Davies, Gavyn, Đelić, Božidar, Derviş, Kemal, Dreifuss, Ruth, Dybul, Dr Mark, Dzau, Dr Victor J., Dzurinda, Mikuláš, Evans, Gareth, Farrar, Professor Sir Jeremy, Fischer, Jan, Fischer, Joschka, Frattini, Franco, Gaburici, Chiril, Galal, Ahmed, de Gaulle, Nathalie, Gaviria, César, Gonzalez, Felipe, Graham, Dr Hamish, Grenfell, Bryan, Gurib-Fakim, Ameenah, Guriev, Sergei, Gusenbauer, Alfred, Gutiérrez, Lucio, Halonen, Tarja, Hausmann, Ricardo, Ilves, Toomas Hendrik, Holmes, Edward C., Holmström, Bengt, Hurtado, Osvaldo, Ibrahim, Mo, İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin, Itzik, Dalia, Ivanić, Mladen, Ivanov, Gjorge, Jilani, Hina, Jomaa, Mehdi, Josipović, Ivo, Karlsson, Mats, Kende-Robb, Caroline, Key, John, Kikwete, HE Jakaya, Ki-Moon, Ban, de Klerk, Frederik Willem, Köhler, Horst, Kosor, Jadranka, Kufuor, HE John, Kumaratunga, Chandrika, Lacalle Herrera, Luis Alberto, Lagos, Ricardo, Lagumdzija, Zlatko, Lamy, Pascal, Lee, Hong-Koo, Leonard, Mark, Leterme, Yves, Letta, Enrico, Lin, Professor Justin Yifu, Livni, Tzipi, Lucinschi, Petru, Lustig, Nora, Machel, Graça, Macri, Mauricio, Mahuad, Jamil, Major, Sir John, Mara, Moussa, Margvelashvili, Giorgi, Martin, Paul, Martinelli, Ricardo, di Mauro, Beatrice Weder, Mbeki, HE Thabo, Medgyessy, Péter, Meidani, Rexhep, Mesić, Stjepan, Mkapa, HE Benjamin, Monti, Mario, Moussa, Amre, Muscat, Joseph, Nakagawa, Dawn, Natsios, Andrew, Nishani, Bujar, Noboa, Gustavo, Obasanjo, Chief Olusegun, Okonjo-Iweala, Dr Ngozi, O'Neill, Lord Jim, Otorbayev, Djoomart, Otunbayeva, Roza, Pagrotsky, Leif, Palacio, Ana, Palmer, Sir Geoffrey, Papandreou, George, Pastrana, Andrés, Patterson, P. J., Pissarides, Christopher, Prodi, Romano, Pronk, Jan, Quiroga, Jorge, Raad al Hussein, Zeid, Radičová, Iveta, Ramos Horta, Jose, Ribas Reig, Òscar, Robinson, Mary, Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel, Rodrik, Dani, Roman, Petre, Rudd, Kevin, Sampaio, Jorge, Sanguinetti, Julio Maria, Santos, Juan Manuel, Satyarthi, Kailash, Schüssel, Wolfgang, Serageldin, Ismail, Sexton, Professor John, Shipley, Dame Jenny, Sirleaf, HE Ellen Johnson, Solana, Javier, Soros, George, Spence, Michael, Sridhar, Devi, Stern, Nicholas, Stiglitz, Joseph, Stoyanov, Petar, Straujuma, Laimdota, Sturzenegger, Federico, Suchocka, Hanna, Summers, Lawrence, Tadić, Boris, von Thadden, Ernst-Ludwig, Thinley, Jigme, Thorning-Schmidt, Helle, Tkeshelashvili, Eka, Trichet, Jean-Claude, Türk, Danilo, Uteem, Cassam, Velasco, Andres 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0441-5062, Verhofstadt, Guy, Wantchekon, Leonard, Wei, Shang-Jin, Williams, Dr Rowan, Wolfensohn, James, Yeo, George, Yousafzai, Malala, Yushchenko, Kateryna, Yushchenko, Viktor, Zapatero, José Luis Rodríguez, Zatlers, Valdis, Zedillo, Ernesto and Zhu, Min
(2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic: a letter to G20 leaders.
LSE COVID-19 Blog.
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2019) JEEA-FBBVA lecture 2017: The dynamics of environmental politics and values. Journal of the European Economic Association, 17 (4). 993 - 1024. ISSN 1542-4766
Besley, Timothy and Dixit, Avinash (2019) Environmental catastrophes and mitigation policies in a multiregion world. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (12). pp. 5270-5276. ISSN 0027-8424
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2018)
Prosocial motivation and incentives.
Annual Review of Economics, 10.
pp. 411-438.
ISSN 1941-1383
Besley, Timothy and Malcomson, James M. (2018) Competition in public service provision: the role of not-for-profit providers. Journal of Public Economics, 162 (S1). pp. 158-172. ISSN 0047-2727
Besley, Timothy and Mueller, Hannes (2018) Institutions, volatility and investment. Journal of the European Economic Association, 16 (3). 604 - 649. ISSN 1542-4766
Besley, Timothy and Mueller, Hannes (2018) Predation, protection, and productivity: a firm-level perspective. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 10 (2). pp. 184-221. ISSN 1945-7707
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2017)
Profit with purpose? A theory of social enterprise.
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9 (3).
pp. 19-58.
ISSN 1945-7731
Besley, Timothy, Folke, Olle, Persson, Torsten and Rickne, Johanna (2017) Gender quotas and the crisis of the mediocre man: theory and evidence from Sweden. American Economic Review, 107 (8). pp. 2204-2242. ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2017)
Public-private partnerships for the provision of public goods: theory and an application to NGOs.
Research in Economics, 71 (2).
pp. 356-371.
ISSN 1090-9443
Besley, Timothy and Reynal-Querol, Marta (2017) The logic of hereditary rule: theory and evidence. Journal of Economic Growth. ISSN 1381-4338
Besley, Timothy (2017) Aspirations and the political economy of inequality. Oxford Economic Papers, 69 (1). pp. 1-35. ISSN 0030-7653
Besley, Timothy, Persson, Torsten and Reynal-Querol, Marta (2016) Resilient leaders and institutional reform: theory and evidence. Economica, 83 (332). pp. 584-623. ISSN 0013-0427
Besley, Timothy (2016) The contributions of Angus Deaton. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 118 (3). pp. 375-396. ISSN 0347-0520
Besley, Timothy, Leight, Jessica, Pande, Rohini and Rao, Vijayendra (2016) Long-run impacts of land regulation: evidence from tenancy reform in India. Journal of Development Economics, 118. pp. 72-87. ISSN 0304-3878
Besley, Timothy, Fetzer, Thiemo and Mueller, Hannes (2015) The welfare cost of lawlessness: evidence from Somali piracy. Journal of the European Economic Association, 13 (2). pp. 203-239. ISSN 1542-4766
Besley, Timothy (2015) Law, regulation, and the business climate: the nature and influence of the World Bank Doing Business project. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 29 (3). pp. 99-120. ISSN 0895-3309
Besley, Timothy, Meads, Neil and Surico, Paolo (2014) The incidence of transaction taxes: evidence from a stamp duty holiday. Journal of Public Economics, 119. pp. 61-70. ISSN 0047-2727
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2014) The causes and consequences of development clusters: state capacity, peace, and income. Annual Review of Economics, 6 (1). pp. 927-949. ISSN 1941-1383
Besley, Timothy and Reynal-Querol, Marta (2014) The legacy of historical conflict: evidence from Africa. American Political Science Review, 108 (02). pp. 319-336. ISSN 0003-0554
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2014) Why do developing countries tax so little? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 28 (4). pp. 99-120. ISSN 0895-3309
Besley, Timothy, Ilzetzki, Ethan and Persson, Torsten (2013) Weak states and steady states: the dynamics of fiscal capacity. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 5 (4). 205 - 235. ISSN 1945-7707
Besley, Timothy (2013) What's the good of the market? An essay on Michael Sandel's what money can't buy. Journal of Economic Literature, 51 (2). pp. 478-495. ISSN 0022-0515
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2013)
Bailouts and the optimal taxation of bonus pay.
American Economic Review, 103 (3).
pp. 163-167.
ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy, Coelho, Miguel and Van Reenen, John ORCID: 0000-0001-9153-2907
(2013)
Investing for prosperity: skills, infrastructure and innovation.
National Institute Economic Review, 224 (1).
R1-R13.
ISSN 0027-9501
Besley, Timothy (2013) Making and breaking tax systems geary lecture 2012. Economic and Social Review, 44 (3). pp. 297-391. ISSN 0012-9984
Besley, Timothy, Meads, Neil and Surico, Paolo (2013) Risk heterogeneity and credit supply: evidence from the mortgage market. NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 27 (1). pp. 375-419. ISSN 0889-3365
Besley, Timothy and Mueller, Hannes (2012) Estimating the peace dividend: the impact of violence on house prices in Northern Ireland. American Economic Review, 102 (2). pp. 810-833. ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy, Burchardi, Konrad B. and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2012)
Incentives and the De Soto Effect.
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127 (1).
pp. 237-282.
ISSN 0033-5533
Besley, Timothy, Pande, Rohini and Rao, Vijayendra (2012) Just rewards?: local politics and public resource allocation in South India. World Bank Economic Review, 26 (2). pp. 191-216. ISSN 0258-6770
Besley, Timothy (2011) Pathologies of the state. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 80 (2). pp. 339-350. ISSN 0167-2681
Mirrlees, James, Adam, Stuart, Besley, Timothy, Blundell, Richard, Bond, Stephen, Chote, Robert, Gammie, Malcolm, Johnson, Paul, Myles, Gareth D. and Poterba, James (2011) The Mirrlees review: conclusions and recommendations for reform. Fiscal Studies, 32 (3). pp. 331-359. ISSN 0143-5671
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2011) Fragile states and development policy. Journal of the European Economic Association, 9 (3). pp. 371-398. ISSN 1542-4766
Besley, Timothy and Larcinese, Valentino (2011) Working or shirking?: expenses and attendance in the UK parliament. Public Choice, 146 (3-4). pp. 291-317. ISSN 0048-5829
Besley, Timothy, Case, Anne and Paxson, Christina (2011) Angus Deaton symposium - introduction. The Economic Journal, 121 (554). F119-F122. ISSN 0013-0133
Besley, Timothy and Reynal-Querol, Marta (2011) Do democracies select more educated leaders? American Political Science Review, 105 (03). pp. 552-566. ISSN 1537-5943
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2011) The logic of political violence. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126 (3). pp. 1411-1445. ISSN 0033-5533
Besley, Timothy, Persson, Torsten and Sturm, Daniel M. ORCID: 0000-0001-6408-8089
(2010)
Political competition, policy and growth: theory and evidence from the US.
Review of Economic Studies, 77 (4).
pp. 1329-1352.
ISSN 0034-6527
Besley, Timothy and Robinson, James A. (2010) Quis custodiet ipsos custodes: civilian control over the military. Journal of the European Economic Association, 8 (2-3). pp. 655-663. ISSN 1542-4766
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2010) State capacity, conflict, and development. Econometrica, 78 (1). pp. 1-34. ISSN 0012-9682
Besley, Timothy and Sheedy, Kevin D. ORCID: 0000-0002-0247-6323
(2010)
Monetary policy under Labour.
National Institute Economic Review, 212 (1).
R15-R33.
ISSN 0027-9501
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2009) Repression or civil war? American Economic Review, 99 (2). pp. 292-297. ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy (2009) Reply. Review of Austrian Economics, 22 (2). 177 -180. ISSN 0889-3047
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2009) The origins of state capacity: property rights, taxation and politics. American Economic Review, 99 (4). pp. 1218-1244. ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2008)
Status incentives.
American Economic Review, 98 (2).
pp. 206-211.
ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2008) Wars and state capacity. Journal of the European Economic Association, 6 (2-3). pp. 522-530. ISSN 1542-4774
Besley, Timothy, Meads, Neil and Surico, Paolo (2008) Insiders versus outsiders in monetary policymaking. American Economic Review, 98 (2). pp. 218-223. ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (2008) Issue unbundling via citizens initiatives. Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 3 (4). pp. 379-397. ISSN 1554-0626
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2008)
L'offre de services publics par les acteurs non gouvernementaux.
Revue d'économie du Développement, 22 (4).
pp. 89-108.
ISSN 1245-4060
Besley, Timothy (2007) The new political economy. The Economic Journal, 117 (524). F570-F587. ISSN 0013-0133
Besley, Timothy and Preston, Ian (2007) Electoral bias and policy choice: theory and evidence. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122 (4). pp. 1473-1510. ISSN 0033-5533
Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Besley, Timothy
(2007)
Retailing public goods: the economics of corporate social responsibility.
Journal of Public Economics, 91 (9).
pp. 1645-1663.
ISSN 0047-2727
Besley, Timothy and Smart, Michael (2007) Fiscal restraints and voter welfare. Journal of Public Economics, 91 (3-4). pp. 755-773. ISSN 0047-2727
Besley, Timothy, Pande, Rohini and Rao, Vijayendra (2007) Political economy of panchayats in South India. Economic and Political Weekly, 42 (8). pp. 661-666. ISSN 0012-9976
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2007)
Reforming public service delivery.
Journal of African Economies, 16 (1).
pp. 127-156.
ISSN 1464-3723
Besley, Timothy and Kudamatsu, Masayuki (2006) Health and democracy. American Economic Review, 96 (2). pp. 313-318. ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2006)
Sorting with motivated agents: implications for school competition and teacher incentives.
Journal of the European Economic Association, 4 (2-3).
pp. 404-414.
ISSN 1542-4774
Besley, Timothy, Pande, Rohini and Rao, Vijayendra (2005) Participatory democracy in action: survey evidence from South India. Journal of the European Economic Association, 3 (2-3). pp. 648-657. ISSN 1542-4766
Besley, Timothy and Prat, Andrea (2005) Credible pensions. Fiscal Studies, 26 (1). pp. 119-135. ISSN 1475-5890
Burgess, Robin and Besley, Timothy (2004) Can labour regulation hinder economic performance?: evidence from India. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119 (1). pp. 91-134. ISSN 0033-5533
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (2003) Elected versus appointed regulators : theory and evidence. Journal of the European Economic Association, 1 (5). p. 1176. ISSN 1542-4766
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (2003) Centralized versus decentralized provision of local public goods: a political economy approach. Journal of Public Economics, 87 (12). pp. 2611-2637. ISSN 0047-2727
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2003)
Incentives, choice and accountability in the provision of public services.
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 19 (2).
pp. 235-249.
ISSN 0266-903X
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (2003) On the public choice critique of welfare economics. Public Choice, 114 (3). pp. 253-273. ISSN 0048-5829
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2001)
Government versus private ownership of public goods.
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116 (4).
1343 - 1372.
ISSN 0033-5533
Besley, Timothy (2001) From micro to macro : public policies and aggregate economic performance. Fiscal Studies, 22 (3). pp. 357-374. ISSN 0143-5671
Besley, Timothy and Burgess, Robin (2001) Political agency, government responsiveness and the role of the media. European Economic Review, 45 (04-Jun). pp. 629-640. ISSN 0014-2921
Besley, Timothy and Burgess, Robin (2000) Land reform, poverty reduction and growth: evidence from India. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115 (2). pp. 389-430. ISSN 0033-5533
Besley, Timothy and Case, Anne (2000) Unnatural experiments: estimating the incidence of endogenous policies. The Economic Journal, 110 (467). F672-F694. ISSN 0013-0133
Besley, Timothy and Rosen, Harvey (1999) Sales taxes and prices: an empirical analysis. National Tax Journal, 52 (2). 157 - 178. ISSN 0028-0283
Besley, Timothy, Hall, John and Preston, Ian (1999) The demand for private health insurance: do waiting lists matter? Journal of Public Economics, 72 (2). 155 - 181. ISSN 0047-2727
Besley, Timothy and Burgess, Robin (1999) Does inequality mean slow growth? Centrepiece, 4 (1). pp. 24-29. ISSN 1362-3761
Besley, Timothy and Seabright, Paul (1999) The effects and policy implications of state aids to industry. Economic Policy, 14 (28). pp. 13-53. ISSN 0266-4658
Besley, Timothy and Rosen, Harvey (1998) Vertical externalities in tax setting: evidence from gasoline and cigarettes. Journal of Public Economics, 70 (3). 383 - 398. ISSN 0047-2727
Besley, Timothy, Hall, John and Preston, Ian (1998) Private and public health insurance in the UK. European Economic Review, 42 (03-May). pp. 491-497. ISSN 0014-2921
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (1998) Sources of inefficiency in a representative democracy : a dynamic analysis. American Economic Review, 88 (1). pp. 139-156. ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy, Preston, Ian and Ridge, Michael (1997) Fiscal anarchy in the UK : modelling poll tax non-compliance. Journal of Public Economics, 64 (2). pp. 137-152. ISSN 0047-2727
Besley, Timothy and Dixit, Avinash (1997) James Mirrlees'' contributions to the theory of information and incentives. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 99 (2). pp. 207-235. ISSN 0347-0520
Besley, Timothy (1997) Monopsony and time-consistency : sustainable pricing policy for perennial crops. Review of Development Economics, 1 (1). pp. 57-70. ISSN 1363-6669
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (1997) An economic model of representative democracy. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 112 (1). pp. 85-114. ISSN 0033-5533
Besley, Timothy and Levenson, Alec (1996) The anatomy of an informal financial market : Roscas in Taiwan. Journal of Development Economics, 51 (1). pp. 45-68. ISSN 0304-3878
Besley, Timothy and Levenson, Alec (1996) The role of informal finance in household capital accumulation: evidence from Taiwan. The Economic Journal, 106 (434). pp. 39-59. ISSN 0013-0133
Besley, Timothy and Case, Anne (1995) Does electoral accountability affect economic policy choices: evidence from gubernatorial term limits. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 110 (3). pp. 769-798. ISSN 0033-5533
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (1995) Group lending, repayment incentives and social collateral. Journal of Development Economics, 46 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 0304-3878
Besley, Timothy and Case, Anne (1995) Incumbent behavior: vote seeking, tax setting and yardstick competition. American Economic Review, 85 (1). pp. 25-45. ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy (1995) Nonmarket institutions for credit and risk-sharing in low-income countries. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 9 (3). pp. 115-127. ISSN 0895-3309
Besley, Timothy (1995) Property rights and investment incentives : theory and evidence from Ghana. Journal of Political Economy, 103 (5). pp. 903-937. ISSN 0022-3808
Besley, Timothy and Jewitt, Ian (1995) Uniform taxation and consumer preferences. Journal of Public Economics, 58 (1). pp. 73-84. ISSN 0047-2727
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (1995) The design of income maintenance programs. Review of Economic Studies, 62 (2). pp. 187-221. ISSN 0034-6527
Besley, Timothy and Gouveia, Miguel (1994) Alternative systems of health care provision. Economic Policy, 9 (2). pp. 200-258. ISSN 0266-4658
Besley, Timothy (1994) How do market failures justify interventions in rural credit markets? World Bank Research Observer, 9 (1). pp. 27-47. ISSN 0257-3032
Besley, Timothy, Coate, Stephen and Loury, Glenn (1994) Rotating savings and credit associations, credit markets and efficiency. Review of Economic Studies, 61 (4). pp. 701-719. ISSN 0034-6527
Besley, Timothy (1994) Three approaches to public economics. International Tax and Public Finance, 1 (2). pp. 197-204. ISSN 0927-5940
Banerjee, Abhijit, Besley, Timothy and Guinnane, Timothy W (1994) Thy neighbor''s keeper: the design of a credit cooperative with theory and a test. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 109 (2). pp. 491-515. ISSN 0033-5533
Besley, Timothy and Case, Anne (1993) Modelling technology adoption decisions in developing countries. American Economic Review, 83 (2). pp. 396-402. ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy and McLaren, John (1993) Taxes and bribery : the role of wage incentives. The Economic Journal, 103 (1). pp. 119-141. ISSN 0013-0133
Besley, Timothy, Coate, Stephen and Loury, Glenn (1993) The economics of rotating savings and credit associations. American Economic Review, 83 (4). pp. 792-810. ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy and Suzumura, Kotaro (1992) Taxation and welfare in an oligopoly with strategic commitment. International Economic Review, 33 (2). pp. 413-431. ISSN 0020-6598
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (1992) Understanding welfare stigma : taxpayer resentment and statistical discrimination. Journal of Public Economics, 48 (2). pp. 165-183. ISSN 0047-2727
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (1992) Workfare versus welfare: incentive arguments for work requirements in poverty alleviation programmes. American Economic Review, 82 (1). pp. 249-261. ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy and Jewitt, Ian (1991) Decentralizing public good supply. Econometrica, 59 (6). pp. 1769-1778. ISSN 0012-9682
Azam, Jean-Paul and Besley, Timothy (1991) Peasant supply response under food rationing : the role of the food market. European Journal of Political Economy, 7 (3). pp. 331-343. ISSN 0176-2680
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (1991) Public provision of private goods and the redistribution of income. American Economic Review, 81 (4). pp. 979-984. ISSN 0002-8282
Besley, Timothy (1991) Welfare improving user charges for publicly provided private goods. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 93 (4). pp. 495-510. ISSN 0347-0520
Besley, Timothy (1990) Means testing versus universal provision in poverty alleviation programs. Economica, 57 (225). pp. 119-129. ISSN 0013-0427
Besley, Timothy (1990) Optimal reimbursement health insurance : an application of profit functions and Frischian demands. Journal of Economic Theory, 51 (2). pp. 403-422. ISSN 0022-0531
Besley, Timothy (1989) Commodity taxation and imperfect competition : a note on the effects of entry. Journal of Public Economics, 40 (3). pp. 359-367. ISSN 0047-2727
Besley, Timothy (1989) Ex ante evaluation of health states and the provision for ill-health. The Economic Journal, 99 (394). pp. 132-146. ISSN 0013-0133
Azam, Jean-Paul and Besley, Timothy (1989) General equilibrium with parallel markets for goods and foreign exchange : theory and application to Ghana. World Development, 17 (12). pp. 1921-1930. ISSN 0305-750X
Besley, Timothy (1989) Publicly provided disaster insurance for health and the control of moral hazard. Journal of Public Economics, 39 (2). pp. 141-156. ISSN 0047-2727
Besley, Timothy (1989) A definition of luxury and necessity for cardinal utility functions. The Economic Journal. pp. 844-849. ISSN 0013-0133
Besley, Timothy (1989) The demand for health care and health insurance. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 5 (1). pp. 21-33. ISSN 0266-903X
Besley, Timothy and Kanbur, Ravi (1988) Food subsidies and poverty alleviation. The Economic Journal, 98 (392). pp. 701-719. ISSN 0013-0133
Besley, Timothy and Preston, Ian (1988) Invariance and the axiomatics of income tax progression: a comment. Bulletin of Economic Research, 40 (2). pp. 159-163. ISSN 0307-3378
Besley, Timothy (1988) Optimal reimbursement health insurance and the theory of Ramsey Taxation. Journal of Health Economics, 7. pp. 321-336. ISSN 0167-6296
Besley, Timothy (1988) Rationing, income effects and supply response : a theoretical note. Oxford Economic Papers, 40 (2). pp. 378-389. ISSN 0030-7653
Besley, Timothy (1988) Tied-in credit with a monopoly product market. Economics Letters, 28 (2). pp. 105-108. ISSN 0165-1765
Besley, Timothy (1988) A simple model for merit good arguments. Journal of Public Economics, 35 (3). pp. 371-383. ISSN 0047-2727
Allen, Tim, Simpson, Nikita ORCID: 0000-0001-5260-3266, Renda, Andrea, Dann, Chris, Besley, Timothy, Bear, Laura, Pöllänen, Elin, Osika, Walter, Allen, Tim and Berglöf, Erik ORCID: 0000-0002-4325-3847
(2021)
Pandemic governance: reflections from the pan-European PERISCOPE Project.
In:
Group of Nations G20 + COP26 Global Leaders Briefing Report.
CAT Company Publications, London, UK, pp. 74-77.
Besley, Timothy and Mueller, Hannes (2018) Cohesive institutions and the distribution of political rents: theory and evidence. In: Basu, Kaushik and Cordella, Tito, (eds.) Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption. International Economic Association. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 165-208. ISBN 9783319656830
Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin and Esteve-Volart, Berta (2013) The policy origins of poverty and growth in India. In: Besley, Timothy and Cord, Louise J., (eds.) Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth: Insights and Lessons From Country Experiences. World Bank, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 59-79. ISBN 9780821365151
Besley, Timothy and Jayaraman, Rajshri (2010) Introduction: institutional microeconomics of development. In: Besley, Timothy and Jayaraman, Rajshri, (eds.) Institutional Microeconomics of Development. CESifo seminar series. MIT Press, Cambridge, USA. ISBN 9780262014069
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2009)
Property rights and economic development.
In: Rodrick, Dani and Rosenzweig, M. R., (eds.)
Handbook of Development Economics.
Handbooks in economics.
Elsevier (Firm), pp. 4525-4595.
ISBN 9780444529442
Besley, Timothy and Kudamatsu, Masayuki (2008) Making autocracy work. In: Helpman, Elhanan, (ed.) Instiutions and Economic Performance. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, USA. ISBN 9780674030770
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2006)
Public goods and economic development.
In: Banerjee, Abhijit, Benabou, R and Mookherjee, D, (eds.)
Understanding Poverty.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 285-302.
ISBN 0195305205
Besley, Timothy (2005) Introduction: Development challenges in the 1990s: leading policymakers speak from experience. In: Besley, Timothy and Zagha, Roberto, (eds.) Development Challenges in the 1990s: Leading Policymakers Speak From Experience. Oxford University Press and The World Bank, New York, USA, pp. 1-14. ISBN 9780821358726
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2005)
Incentives, risk and accountability in organizations.
In: Hutter, Bridget and Power, Michael, (eds.)
Organizational Encounters With Risk.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 149-166.
ISBN 0521609283
Besley, Timothy (2004) Elected versus appointed regulators. In: Rowley, Charles K and Schneider, Friedrich, (eds.) The Encyclopaedia of Public Choice. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht ; London. ISBN 0-306478285
Besley, Timothy, Coate, Stephen and Guinnane, Timothy (2004) Incentives, information, and welfare : England''s new Poor Law and the workhouse test. In: Guinnane, Timothy W, Sundstrom, William A and Whatley, Warren, (eds.) History Matters : Essays in Honour of Paul David. Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., pp. 245-270. ISBN 0-804743983
Besley, Timothy (2004) Welfare economics and public choice. In: Rowley, Charles K and Schneider, Friedrich, (eds.) The Encyclopaedia of Public Choice. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht ; London. ISBN 0-306478285
Besley, Timothy (2003) Welfare Economics and Public Choice. In: Rowley, Charles and Schneider, Friedrich, (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin and Prat, Andrea (2002) Mass media and political accountability. In: Islam, Roumeen, Djankov, Simeon and McLiesh, Caralee, (eds.) The Right to Tell: the Role of Mass Media in Economic Development. WBI development studies. World Bank, Washington, D.C, USA, pp. 45-60. ISBN 0821352032
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (2002) An economic model of representative democracy. In: Basu, Kaushik, (ed.) Readings in Political Economy. Blackwell readings for contemporary economics. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Malden, Mass. ISBN 0-63-122332-0
Besley, Timothy (2001) Political institutions and policy competition. In: Kochendorfer-Lucius, Gudrun and Pleskovic, Boris, (eds.) The Institutional Foundations of a Market Economy. Villa Borsig Workshop Series 2000. World Bank, Washington, D.C, pp. 102-109.
Banerjee, Abhijit, Besley, Timothy and Guinnane, Timothy W (2000) Thy neighbor's keeper : the design of a credit cooperative with theory and a test. In: Bardhan, Pranab and Udry, Christopher, (eds.) Readings in Development Microeconomics. Readings in economics. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.. ISBN 0-262-02484-5; 0-262-52282-9
Besley, Timothy (1999) Property rights and investment incentives. In: Newman, Peter, (ed.) New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Besley, Timothy and McLaren, John (1999) Taxes and bribery : the role of wage incentives. In: The Economics of Corruption and Illegal Markets. Volume 2. the Economics of Illegal Activities. International library of critical writings in economics; vol. 111. UNSPECIFIED. ISBN 1-85898-930-2
Besley, Timothy (1995) Savings, credit and insurance. In: Behrman, Jere and Srinivasan, T N, (eds.) Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 3. Handbooks in economics; v. 9. North-Holland, Amsterdam. ISBN 0-444884815
Besley, Timothy (1993) Targeting taxes and transfers : administrative costs and policy design in developing countries. In: Hoff, Karla, Braverman, Avishay and Stiglitz, J, (eds.) The Economics of Rural Organization : Theory, Practice and Policy. Oxford University Press for the World Bank, Oxford. ISBN 0-195208889
Besley, Timothy and Collier, P (1991) Import compression and trade policy. In: Frimpong Ansah, J H, Kanbur, S M R and Svedberg, P, (eds.) Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 203-230. ISBN 0-71-903478-7
Banerjee, Anindya and Besley, Timothy (1991) Moral hazard, limited liability and taxation : a principal agent model. In: Sinclair, Peter J N and Slater, Martin D E, (eds.) Taxation, Private Information and Capital. UNSPECIFIED, pp. 46-60. ISBN 0-19-828729-1
Besley, Timothy (1991) The demand for health care and health insurance. In: McGuire, Alistair, Fenn, Paul and Mayhew, Ken, (eds.) Providing Health Care : the Economics of Alternative Systems of Finance and Delivery. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 46-64. ISBN 0-198283229
Besley, Timothy and Kanbur, Ravi (1991) The principles of targeting. In: Balasubramanyam, V N and Lall, S, (eds.) Current Issues in Development Economics. Macmillan Education, Basingstoke, pp. 69-90.
Besley, Timothy and Jewitt, I (1990) Optimal uniform taxation and the structure of consumer preferences. In: Myles, G D, (ed.) Measurement and Modelling in Economics. Elsevier Science (Firm), Amsterdam, pp. 131-147. ISBN 0-44-488515-3
Besley, Timothy, Roland, Isabelle and Van Reenen, John ORCID: 0000-0001-9153-2907
(2020)
The aggregate consequences of default risk: evidence from firm-level data.
CEP Discussion Papers (1672).
Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2013)
Profit with purpose? a theory of social enterprise with experimental evidence.
Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 047).
Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy, Pande, Rohini, Leight, Jessica and Rao, Vijayendra (2011) The regulation of land markets: evidence from tenancy reform in India. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 031). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2011)
Taxation and regulation of bonus pay.
Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 030).
Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy, Persson, Torsten and Sturm, Daniel ORCID: 0000-0001-6408-8089
(2010)
Political competition, policy and growth: theory and evidence from the United States.
CEP Discussion Papers (CEPDP1009).
London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy, Dewatripont, Mathias and Guriev, Sergei (2010) Transition and transition impact: a review of the concept and implications for the EBRD. . European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Besley, Timothy and Reynal-Querol, Marta (2009) Do democracies select more educated leaders. . London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2009) State capacity, conflict and development. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 10). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Mueller, Hannes (2009) Estimating the peace dividend: the impact of violence on house prices in Northern Ireland. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 11). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy, Burchardi, Konrad B. and Bevan, Gwen (2009) Naming and shaming: the impacts of different regimes on hospital waiting times in England and Wales. Discussion paper (7306). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2009)
The de Soto effect.
Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 008).
Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2009)
Property rights and economic development.
Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP/2009/6).
Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2009) The incidence of civil war: theory and evidence. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 005). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy, Meads, Neil and Surico, Paolo (2008) Household external finance and consumption. Discussion Papers (6934). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London, UK. (Submitted)
Besley, Timothy, Pande, Rohini and Rao, Vijayendra (2007) Just rewards? Local politics and public resource allocation in South India. . Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Kudamatsu, Masayuki (2007) Making autocracy work. . Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Preston, Ian (2006) Electoral bias and policy choice: theory and evidence. . Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin and Donaldson, David (2006) Confronting global poverty: the role of institutions, expanding opportunities and market liberalization. . EGDI Secretariat, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN EGDI Secretariat, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Besley, Timothy and Larcinese, Valentino (2005) Working or shirking? A closer look at MPs’ expenses and parliamentary attendance. Political Economy and Public Policy Paper (PEPP/15). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Payne, A. Abigail (2005) Implementation of anti-discrimination policy: does judicial selection matter? . Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy, Pande, Rohini and Rao, Vijayendra (2005) Political selection and the quality of government: evidence from south India. . Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Smart, Michael (2005) Fiscal restraints and voter welfare. . Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Prat, Andrea (2005) Handcuffs for the grabbing hand: media capture and government accountability. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3132 2002 (PEPP/7). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy, Persson, Torsten and Sturm, Daniel.M ORCID: 0000-0001-6408-8089
(2005)
Political competition and economic performance: theory and evidence from the United States.
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Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Prat, Andrea (2004) Credible pensions. Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers (525). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2004)
Competition and incentives with motivated agents.
CEPR discussion paper no. 4641.
Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2003)
Competition and incentives with motivated agents.
Theoretical Economics; TE/2003/465 (TE/03/465).
Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Prat, Andrea (2003) Pension fund governance and the choice between defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers (454). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2003)
Incentives, choice and accountability in the provision of Public Services.
CARR Discussion Papers (DP 14).
ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Burgess, Robin (2003) Can labor regulation hinder economic performance : evidence from India. . London School of Economics and Political Science, London.
Besley, Timothy and Burgess, Robin (2003) Halving global poverty. . London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Prat, Andrea (2003) Pension fund governance and the choice between defined benefit and defined contribution plans. CEPR discussion paper; no. 3955. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.
Besley, Timothy, Faguet, Jean-Paul ORCID: 0000-0002-7188-0098 and Tommasi, Mariano
(2003)
A synoptic guide to decentralization.
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The Authors.
Besley, Timothy and Burgess, Robin (2002) Can labour regulation hinder economic performance? Evidence from India. . Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin and Pratt, Andrea (2002) Mass media and political accountability. CARR Discussion Papers (DP 6). ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Burgess, Robin (2002) Can labour regulation hinder economic performance: evidence from India. CEPR discussion paper no. 3260. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.
Besley, Timothy and Smart, Michael (2002) Does tax competition raise voter welfare. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3131 2002. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.
Besley, Timothy and Prat, Andrea (2002) Handcuffs for the grabbing hand: media capture and government accountability. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3132 2002. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.
Besley, Timothy and Case, Anne (2002) Political institutions and policy choices : evidence from the United States. CEPR discussion paper no. 3498. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(2001)
Government versus private ownership of public goods.
CEPR discussion paper; no. 2725.
Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (2001) Issue unbundling via citizens'' initiatives. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 2857 2001. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.
Besley, Timothy and Burgess, Robin (2001) The political economy of government responsiveness : theory and evidence from India. CEPR discussion paper ; no. 2721. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.
Besley, Timothy and Coate, S (2000) Issue unbundling via citizens'' initiatives. NBER Working Paper (8036). National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Besley, Timothy and Burgess, Robin (2000) The political economy of government responsiveness: theory and evidence from India. Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 28 (DEDPS 28). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (2000) Centralized versus decentralized provision of local public goods : a political economy analysis. CEPR discussion paper no. 2495. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (2000) Elected versus appointed regulators : theory and evidence. CEPR discussion paper; no. 2381. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.
Besley, Timothy and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897
(1999)
Public-private partnership for the provision of public goods : theory and an application to NGOs.
Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 17 (DEDPS No. 17).
Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Burgess, Robin (1998) Land reform, poverty reduction and growth : evidence from India. Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 13 (DEDPS 13). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Pande, Rohini (1998) Read my lips : the political economy of information transmission. Theoretical Economics; TE/1998/355 (TE/98/355). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (1997) Analyzing the case for government intervention in a representative democracy. Theoretical Economics; TE/1997/335 (TE/07/335). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Coate, Stephen (1997) Lobbying and welfare in a representative democracy. Theoretical Economics; TE/1997/334 (TE/1997/334). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Rosen, HS (1997) Vertical externalities in tax setting: evidence from gasoline and cigarettes. IFS working papers (W97/23). Institute for Fiscal Studies (Great Britain), London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Case, Anne (1994) Diffusion as a learning process : evidence from HYV Cotton. Woodrow Wilson School, Research Program in Development Studies Discussion Paper; No. 174 (May 1994). Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, NJ.
Besley, Timothy and McLaren, John (1990) Monitoring and wage incentives : capitulation versus efficiency wages. Woodrow Wilson School, John M. Olin Program Discussion Paper, (October 1990)..
Besley, Timothy and Banerjee, Abhijit (1990) Peer group externalities and learning incentives : a theory of nerd behavior. Woodrow Wilson School, John M. Olin Program Discussion Paper; No. 68, (October 1990).
Besley, Timothy and Coate, S (1989) Workfare vs welfare : incentive arguments for work requirements in poverty alleviation programs. Warwick economics research paper ; no. 314. University of Warwick, Department of Economics, Coventry.
Banerjee, Anindya and Besley, Timothy (1988) Moral hazard and limited liability in the market for loans : credit restriction versus credit rationing. CEPR discussion paper ; no. 261. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.
Besley, Timothy, Ilzetzki, Ethan and Persson, Torsten (2010) Weak states and steady states: the dynamics of fiscal capacity. In: The Political Economy of Economic Development, 2010-04-30 - 2010-05-01, Manresa, Spain. (Submitted)
Besley, Timothy (2008) Inflation and the global economy. In: Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce, 2008-04-22, London, United Kingdom.
Besley, Timothy (2007) Consumption and Interest Rates. In: Centre for Economic Policy Research and the Economic and Social Research Council at Chartered, 2007-07-17, London, United Kingdom.
Besley, Timothy (2007) Inflation and the service sector. In: Breakfast Club on 18 January 2007, 2007-01-18, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Besley, Timothy, Persson, Torsten and Sturm, Daniel ORCID: 0000-0001-6408-8089
(2005)
Political competition and economic performance: theory and evidence from the United States.
In: Public Sector Economics, 2005-04-22 - 2005-04-24, Munich, Germany.
(Submitted)
Besley, Timothy and Prat, Andrea (2001) Handcuffs for the grabbing hand: the role of the media in political accountability. In: CEPR/SNS Public Policy Symposium, 2001-09-07 - 2001-09-08, Stockholm, Sweden. (Submitted)
Besley, Timothy, Griffith, Rachel and Klemm, Alexander (2001) Empirical evidence on fiscal interdependence in OECD countries. In: World tax competition conference, 2001-01-01, London, United Kingdom. (Submitted)
Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2011) Pillars of prosperity: the political economics of development clusters. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., USA. ISBN 9780691152684
Besley, Timothy (2006) Principled agents?: the political economy of good government. The Lindahl lectures. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0199283915
Besley, Timothy and Dann, Chris (2023) Why political trust and voluntary compliance have been key to government pandemic responsiveness in Europe. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (13 Jan 2023). Blog Entry.
Besley, Timothy and Dann, Chris (2022) When we talk about state capacity to deal with COVID, we shouldn’t ignore interpersonal trust. LSE COVID-19 Blog (05 Jan 2022). Blog Entry.
Besley, Timothy (2021) A sense of mutual obligation means that even the rich should see the point of paying their taxes. LSE COVID-19 Blog (30 Sep 2021). Blog Entry.
Besley, Timothy (2021) Tim Besley: governments have been trying to get the balance between voluntary compliance and regulation right. LSE COVID-19 Blog (18 Feb 2021). Blog Entry.
Besley, Timothy and Dray, Sacha (2020) Free media help combat the spread of covid-19. LSE Covid 19 Blog (22 Jul 2020). Blog Entry.
Besley, Timothy and Velasco, Andres ORCID: 0000-0003-0441-5062
(2020)
Politicians can’t hide behind scientists forever – even in a pandemic.
USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog
(09 May 2020).
Blog Entry.
Besley, Timothy and Velasco, Andres ORCID: 0000-0003-0441-5062
(2020)
Politicians can’t hide behind scientists forever – even in a pandemic.
LSE COVID-19 Blog
(06 May 2020).
Blog Entry.
Besley, Timothy, Folke, Olle, Persson, Torsten and Rickne, Johanna (2017) Gender quotas and the crisis of the mediocre man. LSE Business Review (14 Mar 2017). Website.
Besley, Timothy (2013) The welfare cost of Somali Piracy. International Growth Centre Blog (10 Dec 2013). Website.
Besley, Timothy (2013) Are economic conditions historically determined? Evidence from violence in Africa. International Growth Centre Blog (06 Dec 2013). Website.
Besley, Timothy, Leight, Jessica, Pande, Rohini and Rao, Vijayendra (2013) Winners and losers: tenancy reform in India. South Asia @ LSE (19 Apr 2013). Website.
Besley, Timothy and Van Reenen, John ORCID: 0000-0001-9153-2907
(2013)
Investing in UK prosperity: skills, infrastructure and innovation can get us out of the current stasis.
British Politics and Policy at LSE
(31 Jan 2013).
Website.
Besley, Timothy, Fetzer, Thiemo and Mueller, Hannes (2013) Piracy in Somalia costs billions. Africa at LSE (14 Jan 2013). Website.
Besley, Timothy (2011) Plan B is the wrong rhetoric, but the Treasury must spell out a strategic vision for the UK’s economic growth. British Politics and Policy at LSE (07 Jun 2011). Website.
Besley, Timothy, Jaravel, Xavier, Landais, Camille and Reis, Ricardo (2020) Treasury Select Committee - call for evidence on Covid-19 financial package. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Besley, Timothy and Collier, Paul (2015) The case for growth with Tim Besley and Paul Collier. LSE Research Festival 2015, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
