Tim Besley

67 total papers · 6.3k total citations
15 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Tim Besley is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Besley has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Tim Besley’s work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers) and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (2 papers). Tim Besley is often cited by papers focused on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers) and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (2 papers). Tim Besley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Tim Besley's co-authors include Stephen Coate, Robin Burgess, Maitreesh Ghatak, Tomas Persson, Ian Preston, Glenn C. Loury, Angus Deaton, Amartya Sen, Robert Chote and James M. Poterba and has published in prestigious journals such as The Quarterly Journal of Economics, The Review of Economic Studies and Oxford Review of Economic Policy.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Besley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tim Besley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tim Besley based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tim Besley. Tim Besley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Tim Besley

13 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Besley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tim Besley. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Tim Besley. The network helps show where Tim Besley may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Besley

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