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Property Rights and Economic Development

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Property Rights and Economic Development

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP006
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 03 Feb 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Property Rights and Economic Development

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7243
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 07 Apr 2009
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Economic Development, Property rights

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Public-Private Partnership for the Provision of Public Goods: Theory and an Application to NGOs

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS17
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Making Autocracy Work

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Making Autocracy Work

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS48
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Masayuki Kudamatsu
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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Making Autocracy Work

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6371
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 23 May 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Masayuki Kudamatsu
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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Autocracy, democracy, development, dictatorship, political economy

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Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents

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Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. TE465
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 16 Jul 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 4641
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Nov 2004
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Competition, incentives, non-profits

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Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden

IFN Working Paper No. 985
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 15 Jul 2014
Timothy J. Besley, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Karin Rickne
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Uppsala University - Department of Government, Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) and Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
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Gender quota; Competence; Political Selection

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Political Selection and the Quality of Government: Evidence from South India

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Citation 106

Political Selection and the Quality of Government: Evidence from South India

Yale University Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper No. 921
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Aug 2005
Timothy J. Besley, Rohini Pande and Vijayendra Rao
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Yale University - Economic Growth Center and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Development, Political Economy, Public Provision of Private Goods, Decentralization

Political Selection and the Quality of Government: Evidence from South India

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS44
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Timothy J. Besley, Rohini Pande and Vijayendra Rao
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Yale University - Economic Growth Center and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Political Selection and the Quality of Government: Evidence from South India

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. PEPP08
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 Jul 2008
Timothy J. Besley, Rohini Pande and Vijayendra Rao
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Yale University - Economic Growth Center and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Political Selection and the Quality of Government: Evidence from South India

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5201
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 Oct 2005
Timothy J. Besley, Rohini Pande and Vijayendra Rao
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Yale University - Economic Growth Center and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Public provision of private goods, political economy, decentralization, India

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The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India

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Citation 280

The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Jul 2002
Timothy J. Besley and Robin Burgess
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS28
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Robin Burgess
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 2721
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Apr 2001
Timothy J. Besley and Robin Burgess
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Disaster relief, government responsiveness, mass media, newspapers, political accountability, political agency, political economy, public food distribution, social protection

The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 117, No. 4, November 2002
Posted: 07 May 2002
Timothy J. Besley and Robin Burgess
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics

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Hayek and Market Socialism: Science, Ideology and Public Policy

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Hayek and Market Socialism: Science, Ideology and Public Policy

Economic Affairs, December 2005
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Jan 2010
Peter J. Boettke and Timothy J. Besley
George Mason University - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics
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The Incidence of Civil War: Theory and Evidence

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The Incidence of Civil War: Theory and Evidence

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP005
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Feb 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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The Incidence of Civil War: Theory and Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w14585
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2009
Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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The Incidence of Civil War: Theory and Evidence

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7101
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Feb 2009
Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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commodity prices, conflict, natural resources, political institutions

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State Capacity, Conflict and Development

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State Capacity, Conflict and Development

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP010
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Feb 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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State Capacity, Conflict and Development

NBER Working Paper No. w15088
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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State Capacity, Conflict and Development

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7336
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Jul 2009
Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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development, state capacity

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The De Soto Effect

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The De Soto Effect

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP008
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Feb 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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The De Soto Effect

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7259
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 May 2009
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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collateral, credit markets, Hernando de Soto

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Consumption and Interest Rates

Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, Q3 2007
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 26 Sep 2007
Timothy J. Besley
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Just Rewards? Local Politics and Public Resource Allocation in South India

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS49
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Timothy J. Besley, Rohini Pande and Vijayendra Rao
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Yale University - Economic Growth Center and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Taxation and Regulation of Bonus Pay

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP030
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Sep 2011
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Capital in the 21st Century

Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin 2015 Q1
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 17 Mar 2015
Andrew Haldane, Rachana Shanbhogue, Orazio Attanasio, Timothy J. Besley, Peter H. Lindert, Thomas Piketty and Jaume Ventura
Bank of England, Bank of England, University College London - Department of Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics, Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)
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Handcuffs for the Grabbing Hand? Media Capture and Government Accountability

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Handcuffs for the Grabbing Hand? Media Capture and Government Accountability

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. PEPP07
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 Jul 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Andrea Prat
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics
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Handcuffs for the Grabbing Hand? Media Capture and Government Accountability

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3132
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 29 Jan 2002
Timothy J. Besley and Andrea Prat
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics
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Political Competition and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence from the United States

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Political Competition and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence from the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w11484
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 18 Aug 2005
Timothy J. Besley, Torsten Persson and Daniel M. Sturm
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Political Competition and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence from the United States

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. PEPP05
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Jul 2008
Timothy J. Besley, Torsten Persson and Daniel M. Sturm
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Political Competition and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence from the United States

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5138
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 17 Aug 2005
Timothy J. Besley, Torsten Persson and Daniel M. Sturm
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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US south, voting restrictions, political competition, economic growth

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Estimating the Peace Dividend: The Impact of Violence on House Prices in Northern Ireland

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP011
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Feb 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Hannes Felix Mueller
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Instituto de Análisis Económic (IAE) Barcelona
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Land Reform, Poverty Reduction and Growth: Evidence from India

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS13
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Robin Burgess
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Fragile States and Development Policy

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Fragile States and Development Policy

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. EOPP022
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Sep 2011
Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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Fragile States and Development Policy

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8285
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Mar 2011
Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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development, state fragility

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Implementation of Anti-Discrimination Policy: Does Judicial Selection Matter?

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Implementation of Anti-Discrimination Policy: Does Judicial Selection Matter?

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. PEPP04
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Jul 2008
Timothy J. Besley and A. Abigail Payne
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social Research
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Implementation of Anti-Discrimination Policy: Does Judicial Selection Matter?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5211
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 Oct 2005
Timothy J. Besley and A. Abigail Payne
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social Research
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Judicial system, discrimination

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Competition in Public Service Provision: The Role of Not-for-Profit Providers

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6759
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 24 Jan 2018
Timothy J. Besley and James M. Malcomson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Oxford - Department of Economics
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public services, competition, not-for-profit providers

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Financial Markets and Household Consumption

Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin 2008 Q1
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 03 Apr 2008
Timothy J. Besley
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

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Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS33
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Robin Burgess
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3260
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Apr 2002
Timothy J. Besley and Robin Burgess
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Industrial relations, labour regulation

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Inflation and the Global Economy

Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, Q2, 2008
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 18 Jun 2008
Timothy J. Besley
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Centralized Versus Decentralized Provision of Local Public Goods: a Political Economy Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w7084
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 May 1999 Last Revised: 05 May 2000
Timothy J. Besley and Stephen Coate
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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Analyzing the Case for Government Intervention in a Representative Democracy

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. TE335
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 16 Jul 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Stephen Coate
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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Working or Shirking? A Closer Look at Mps' Expenses and Parliamentary Attendance

Sticerd Political Economy and Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 15
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 Mar 2006
Timothy J. Besley and Valentino Larcinese
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Representative democracy, accountability, British politics, members of parliament, pork barrel

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Inflation and the Service Sector

Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin 2007 Q1
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Apr 2007
Timothy J. Besley
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Pension Fund Governance and the Choice between Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3955
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Aug 2003
Timothy J. Besley and Andrea Prat
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics
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Pension fund, governance, private pension

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The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics

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The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics

NBER Working Paper No. w13028
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6370
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 May 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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Development, property rights, state capacity

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Fiscal Restraints and Voter Welfare

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. PEPP06
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Jul 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Michael Smart
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Does Electoral Accountability Affect Economic Policy Choices? Evidence from Gubernatorial Term Limits

NBER Working Paper No. w4575
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Anne Case
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Research Program in Development Studies
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Incumbent Behavior: Vote Seeking, Tax Setting and Yardstick Competition

NBER Working Paper No. w4041
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Dec 2001 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Anne Case
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Research Program in Development Studies
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Government Versus Private Ownership of Public Goods

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 2725
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Apr 2001
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Public goods, public ownership, public-private partnerships

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Issue Unbundling Via Citizens' Initiatives

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Issue Unbundling Via Citizens' Initiatives

NBER Working Paper No. w8036
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Stephen Coate
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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Issue Unbundling Via Citizens' Initiatives

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 2857
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Jun 2001
Timothy J. Besley and Stephen Coate
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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Direct democracy, citizens' initiatives

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Sales Taxes and Prices: an Empirical Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w6667
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Aug 2012
Timothy J. Besley and Harvey S. Rosen
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Elected Versus Appointed Regulators: Theory and Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w7579
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 May 2000 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2010
Stephen Coate and Timothy J. Besley
Cornell University - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics
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The Public Critique of Welfare Economics: an Exploration

NBER Working Paper No. w7083
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Mar 2000 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2002
Timothy J. Besley and Stephen Coate
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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Political Institutions and Policy Choices: Evidence from the United States

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3498
Number of pages: 114 Posted: 25 Sep 2002
Timothy J. Besley and Anne Case
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Research Program in Development Studies
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Empirical political economy, government behaviour

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Vertical Externalities in Tax Setting: Evidence from Gasoline and Cigarettes

NBER Working Paper No. w6517
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 19 May 1999 Last Revised: 08 May 2000
Timothy J. Besley and Harvey S. Rosen
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Unnatural Experiments? Estimating the Incidence of Endogenous Policies

NBER Working Paper No. w4956
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2010
Timothy J. Besley and Anne Case
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Research Program in Development Studies
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Working or Shirking? a Closer Look at Mps Expenses and Parliamentary Attendance

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. PEPP15
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Jul 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Valentino Larcinese
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Fiscal Anarchy in the U.K.: Modelling Poll Tax Noncompliance

NBER Working Paper No. w4498
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Sep 2007
Timothy J. Besley, Ian Preston and Michael Ridge
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, University College London - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Read My Lips: The Political Economy of Information Transmission

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. TE355
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jul 2008
Timothy J. Besley and Rohini Pande
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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Does Tax Competition Raise Voter Welfare?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3131
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Jan 2002
Timothy J. Besley and Michael Smart
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Norms, Enforcement, and Tax Evasion

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Norms, Enforcement, and Tax Evasion

NBER Working Paper No. w25575
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Feb 2019
Timothy J. Besley, Anders Jensen and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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Norms, Enforcement, and Tax Evasion

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10372
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 Feb 2015
Timothy J. Besley, Anders Jensen and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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poll tax, social norms, tax evasion

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Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. PEPP17
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Jul 2008
Timothy J. Besley
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Taxation and Development

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9307
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 01 Feb 2013
Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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State Capacity, Taxation

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The New Political Economy

The Economic Journal, Vol. 117, Issue 524, pp. F570-F587, November 2007
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 27 Nov 2007
Timothy J. Besley
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics
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The Aggregate Consequences of Default Risk: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

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The Aggregate Consequences of Default Risk: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

NBER Working Paper No. w26686
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 03 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2020
Timothy J. Besley, Isabelle A. Roland and John Van Reenen
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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The Aggregate Consequences of Default Risk: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14327
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 29 Jan 2020
Timothy J. Besley, Isabelle A. Roland and John Van Reenen
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Credit frictions, Default Risk, Misallocation, productivity

52.

The Regulation of Land Markets: Evidence from Tenancy Reform in India

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8736
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Jan 2012
Timothy J. Besley, Jessica Leight, Rohini Pande and Vijayendra Rao
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Yale University - Economic Growth Center and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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India, land markets, land reform, tenancy

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Risk Heterogeneity and Credit Supply: Evidence from the Mortgage Market

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7633
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Jan 2010
Timothy J. Besley, Neil Meads and Paolo Surico
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Bank of England and London Business School - Department of Economics
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credit supply, heterogeneous effects, instrumental variable., mortgage individual data, risk pricing

54.

Household External Finance and Consumption

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6934
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Dec 2008
Timothy J. Besley, Neil Meads and Paolo Surico
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Bank of England and London Business School - Department of Economics
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birth cohorts, external finance, household consumption, pseudo panels, terms of access

55.

Comparing Alternative Policies Against Environmental Catastrophes

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11802
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 30 Jan 2017
Timothy J. Besley and Avinash Dixit
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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catastrophic risk, climate change

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The Legacy of Historical Conflict: Evidence from Africa

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8850
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Mar 2012
Timothy J. Besley and Marta Reynal-Querol
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences
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conflict, identity, trust

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Naming & Shaming: The Impacts of Different Regimes on Hospital Waiting Times in England and Wales

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7306
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Jul 2009
Timothy J. Besley, Gwyn Bevan and Konrad Burchardi
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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hospital waiting times, targets

58.

The Contributions of Angus Deaton

The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 118, Issue 3, pp. 375-396, 2016
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Jun 2016
Timothy J. Besley
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Consumption, poverty measurement, well‐being

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Do Educated Leaders Matter?

The Economic Journal, Vol. 121, Issue 554, pp. F205-227, 2011
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Jul 2011
Timothy J. Besley, Jose G. Montalvo and Marta Reynal‐Querol
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Terror and Tourism: The Economic Consequences of Media Coverage

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14275
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 14 Jan 2020
Timothy J. Besley, Thiemo Fetzer and Hannes Felix Mueller
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, University of Warwick and Autonomous University of Barcelona
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State Capacity, Reciprocity, and the Social Contract

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13968
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Oct 2019
Timothy J. Besley
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Prosocial Motivation and Incentives

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 10, pp. 411-438, 2018
Posted: 07 Sep 2018
Timothy J. Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics

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63.

The Logic of Hereditary Rule: Theory and Evidence

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11777
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Jan 2017
Timothy J. Besley and Marta Reynal-Querol
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences
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growth, Hereditary Institutions, political agency

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Resilient Leaders and Institutional Reform: Theory and Evidence

Economica, Vol. 83, Issue 332, pp. 584-623, 2016
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Sep 2016
Timothy J. Besley, Torsten Persson and Marta Reynal-Querol
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) and Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences
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Aspirations and the Political Economy of Inequality

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11446
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 22 Aug 2016
Timothy J. Besley
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics
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Choice and Competition in Public Service Provision

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11441
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Aug 2016
Timothy J. Besley and James M. Malcomson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Oxford - Department of Economics
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Choice, Competition, Not-for-profit, Public Service

67.

Long-Run Impacts of Land Regulation: Evidence from Tenancy Reform in India

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10780
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Aug 2015
Timothy J. Besley, Jessica Leight, Rohini Pande and Vijayendra Rao
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Williams College, Yale University - Economic Growth Center and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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inequality, Land reform, long-run impact of institutions

68.

Institutions, Volatility and Investment

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10373
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 02 Feb 2015
Timothy J. Besley and Hannes Felix Mueller
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Instituto de Análisis Económic (IAE) Barcelona
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democracy, executive constraints, foreign investment, political risk, volatility

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Volatility and Political Institutions: Theory and Application to Economic Growth

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10374
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 02 Feb 2015
Timothy J. Besley and Hannes Felix Mueller
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Instituto de Análisis Económic (IAE) Barcelona
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executive constraints, growth, robust control

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The Incidence of Transaction Taxes: Evidence from a Stamp Duty Holiday

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10063
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Sep 2014
Timothy J. Besley, Neil Meads and Paolo Surico
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics, Bank of England and London Business School - Department of Economics
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surplus incidence, surveyor's evaluation, tax holiday

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The Causes and Consequences of Development Clusters: State Capacity, Peace, and Income

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 6, pp. 927-949, 2014
Posted: 08 Aug 2014
Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)

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Political Selection

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 43-60, Summer 2005
Posted: 07 Apr 2006
Timothy J. Besley
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics

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Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 119, No. 1, February 2004
Posted: 15 Jul 2004
Timothy J. Besley and Robin Burgess
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics

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Monopsony and Time-Consistency: Sustainable Pricing Policies for Perennial Crops

REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Posted: 26 Apr 1998
Timothy J. Besley
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics

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An Economic Model of Representative Democracy

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, Vol 112 No 1, February 1997
Posted: 29 Oct 1997
Timothy J. Besley and Stephen Coate
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics and Cornell University - Department of Economics

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