Tim Besley
Impact in
- Economics and Econometrics top 0.5%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
- Game Theory and Voting Systems
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- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
Papers in
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- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth 7
- Economic and Environmental Valuation 2
- Taxation and Compliance Studies 2
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- Electoral Systems and Political Participation 3
- Social Policy and Reform Studies 2
- Co-authors
- Stephen Coate (4 shared papers)Maitreesh Ghatak (2 shared papers)Tomas Persson (1 shared paper)Glenn C. Loury (1 shared paper)Ian Preston (1 shared paper)Stephen Bond (4 shared papers)Richard Blundell (4 shared papers)Robert Chote (4 shared papers)
- Journals
- The Quarterly Journal of Economics (4 papers)The Review of Economic Studies (3 papers)Annual Review of Economics (2 papers)Oxford Review of Economic Policy (1 paper)Journal of African Economies (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesAustralia
In The Last Decade
Tim Besley
18 papers receiving 2.1k citations
Tim Besley's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 84
- Economics and Econometrics 1.4k
- Political Science and International Relations 1.0k
- Gender Studies 341
- Development 111
- Strategy and Management 414
Countries citing papers authored by Tim Besley
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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Besley
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Tim Besley, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Economic Model of Representative Democracy Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 1084 |
| 2 | 2001 | 276 | |
| 3 | 2011 | 270 | |
| 4 | 2003 | 147 | |
| 5 | 2001 | 146 | |
| 6 | 1995 | 103 | |
| 7 | 1994 | 97 | |
| 8 | Tax by design | 2011 | 67 |
| 9 | 2007 | 65 | |
| 10 | 2007 | 63 | |
| 11 | Dimensions of Tax Design | 2010 | 26 |
| 12 | 2012 | 20 | |
| 13 | 2020 | 10 | |
| 14 | 1990 | 8 | |
| 15 | 2023 | 4 | |
| 16 | Investing for prosperity: a manifesto for growth | 2013 | 3 |
| 17 | One Kind of Lawlessness: Estimating the Welfare Cost of Somali Piracy (IGC Working Paper) | 2012 | 2 |
| 18 | 2005 | 1 | |
| 19 | 2023 | 0 | |
| 20 | 2019 | 0 |
About Tim Besley
Tim Besley is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, Accounting, Sociology and Political Science and Development, having authored 22 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (7 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (2 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (2 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (2 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (2 papers) and Taxation and Compliance Studies (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Economics and Econometrics (1.4k citations), Political Science and International Relations (1.0k citations), Gender Studies (341 citations), Development (111 citations) and Strategy and Management (414 citations). Tim Besley has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Stephen Coate, Maitreesh Ghatak, Tomas Persson, Glenn C. Loury, Ian Preston, Stephen Bond, Richard Blundell, Robert Chote, James M. Poterba and Malcolm Gammie. Their work appears in journals such as The Quarterly Journal of Economics, The Review of Economic Studies, Annual Review of Economics, Oxford Review of Economic Policy and Journal of African Economies.
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