Jeffrey F. Timmons

NYU Abu Dhabi

Associate Professor of Political Science

PO Box 129188

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

http://https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/academics/faculty/jeffrey-timmons.html

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1.

Lobbying and Taxes

American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 53, Issue 4. p. 893-909
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2011
Brian Kelleher Richter, Krislert Samphantharak and Jeffrey F. Timmons
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California, San Diego - School of Global Policy and Strategy and NYU Abu Dhabi
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Lobbying, Taxes, Money in Politics, Corporate Political Activity, Political Economy

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Does Democracy Reduce Economic Inequality? If So, How?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2010
Jeffrey F. Timmons
NYU Abu Dhabi
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causes of inequality, democracy, wages, taxes, mechanisms

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The Fiscal Contract: States, Taxes and Public Services

World Politics, Vol. 57, pp. 530-567, July 2005
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Aug 2008
Jeffrey F. Timmons
NYU Abu Dhabi
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states, taxes, public services

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Revealed Corruption, Taxation and Fiscal Accountability: Evidence from Brazil

This version last revised July 2014. An appreciably cleaner, better and final version has been published in World Development 70:13–27, 2015. We encourage readers to consult it. Note that this paper initially circulated under the following title: “Government Performance, Taxationand Fiscal Accountab,
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2015
Jeffrey F. Timmons and Francisco Garfias
NYU Abu Dhabi and Stanford University - Department of Political Science
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fiscal contract, taxation, corruption, accountability

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Taxation and Representation in Recent History

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2010
Jeffrey F. Timmons
NYU Abu Dhabi
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democracy, representation, taxation

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The Political Economy of Municipal Transfers: Evidence from Mexico

A considerably revised, final version should appear in Publius: The Journal of Federalism in early 2014.
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2013
Jeffrey F. Timmons and Daniel S. Broid
NYU Abu Dhabi and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning
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Municipal Transfers, Fiscal Federalism, Political Parties, Governance

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The Political Economy of Fiscal Reforms in Latin America: Mexico

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 24 Nov 2011
Eric Magar, Vidal Romero and Jeffrey F. Timmons
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and NYU Abu Dhabi
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Fiscal reform, decentralization, democratization, Mexico

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Specific Skilled Labor and the Demand for Social Insurance

Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Vol. 7, Issue 1. 2012
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2011
Jerry Nickelsburg and Jeffrey F. Timmons
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and NYU Abu Dhabi
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specific skills, labor market, welfare state, human capital, wages, centralized bargaining

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Taxation and Credible Commitment: Left, Right and Partisan Turnover

Comparative Politics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2010
Jeffrey F. Timmons
NYU Abu Dhabi
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taxes, parties, left, right, social spending, redistribution

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Why Not Adopt Better Institutions?

Oxford Development Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2011
Brian Kelleher Richter and Jeffrey F. Timmons
affiliation not provided to SSRN and NYU Abu Dhabi
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Institutions, Long-run Growth, Political Economy, Development

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The Value of Political Geography: Evidence from the Redistricting of Firms

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Joaquin Artes, Brian Kelleher Richter and Jeffrey F. Timmons
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), affiliation not provided to SSRN and NYU Abu Dhabi
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Political Geography, Redistricting, Capture Theory, Representation

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Are Firms Gerrymandered?

George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy & the State Working Paper No. 320
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 28 Jul 2022
Joaquin Artes, Aaron Russell Kaufman, Brian Kelleher Richter and Jeffrey F. Timmons
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and NYU Abu Dhabi
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When Do Economic Elites Support Increasing Taxation? Evidence from the American South

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 12 Jan 2021
Jeffrey L. Jensen, Giuliana Pardelli and Jeffrey F. Timmons
New York University (NYU) - New York University, Abu Dhabi, Independent and NYU Abu Dhabi
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Time and the Deep Determinants: Tortoise or Hare?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2009
Brian Kelleher Richter and Jeffrey F. Timmons
affiliation not provided to SSRN and NYU Abu Dhabi
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Time, Growth, Geography, Culture, Institutions, Genetic Proximity, Deep Determinants

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Citizen Attitudes towards Traditional and State Authorities: Substitutes or Complements?

Forthcoming in Comparative Political Science
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Feb 2020
Peter Van der Windt, Macartan Humphreys, Lily Medina, Jeffrey F. Timmons and Maarten Voors
New York University (NYU) - New York University, Abu Dhabi, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, affiliation not provided to SSRN, NYU Abu Dhabi and Wageningen University and Research (WUR)
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Social Contract, Central authority, Traditional authority, Congo

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Do People with Specific Skills Want More Social Insurance? Not in the United States

Economics & Politics. 2014. DOI: 10.1111/ecpo.12043
Posted: 31 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2014
Jeffrey F. Timmons and Jerry Nickelsburg
NYU Abu Dhabi and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

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specific skills, labor markets, social insurance, risks, preferences, wages

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The Political Determinants of Economic Performance. Political Competition and the Sources of Growth

Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 38, pp. 26-50, 2005
Posted: 08 May 2008
Pablo M. Pinto and Jeffrey F. Timmons
University of Houston and NYU Abu Dhabi

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political competition, economic growth, human capital, productivity, investment