Timothy Besley
Impact in
- Soil Science top 0.5%
- Land Rights and Reforms
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- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
Papers in
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- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth 3
- Economic theories and models 2
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion 2
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- Urban and Rural Development Challenges 3
- Co-authors
- Robin Burgess (3 shared papers)Maitreesh Ghatak (3 shared papers)Stephen Coate (3 shared papers)Ravi Kanbur (2 shared papers)Timothy W. Guinnane (2 shared papers)Abhijit G. Banerjee (1 shared paper)Malcolm Gammie (1 shared paper)Richard Blundell (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- The Quarterly Journal of Economics (3 papers)American Economic Review (2 papers)Journal of Political Economy (1 paper)Annual Review of Economics (1 paper)Econometrica (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesCanada
In The Last Decade
Timothy Besley
27 papers receiving 3.5k citations
Timothy Besley's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 97
- Soil Science 1.3k
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 786
- Economics and Econometrics 2.1k
- Urban Studies 354
- Accounting 609
Countries citing papers authored by Timothy Besley
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Fields of papers citing papers by Timothy Besley
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Timothy 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 | Property Rights and Investment Incentives: Theory and Evidence from Ghana Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 1226 |
| 2 | Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 781 |
| 3 | 2010 | 335 | |
| 4 | 1994 | 311 | |
| 5 | Dimensions of tax design: the Mirrlees review | 2010 | 284 |
| 6 | Workfare versus Welfare Incentive Arguments for Work Requirements in Poverty-Alleviation Programs | 1992 | 266 |
| 7 | Modeling Technology Adoption in Developing Countries | 1993 | 247 |
| 8 | 1988 | 144 | |
| 9 | 1991 | 101 | |
| 10 | 2012 | 84 | |
| 11 | Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth : Insights and Lessons from Country Experiences | 2007 | 78 |
| 12 | 1990 | 78 | |
| 13 | 2001 | 50 | |
| 14 | 2022 | 49 | |
| 15 | Handcuffs for the grabbing hand: the role of the media in political accountability | 2001 | 36 |
| 16 | 1988 | 19 | |
| 17 | Empirical evidence on fiscal interdependence in OECD countries | 2001 | 17 |
| 18 | 2016 | 16 | |
| 19 | 1991 | 9 | |
| 20 | Political institutions and policy outcomes : evidence from the United States | 2003 | 8 |
About Timothy Besley
Timothy Besley is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Urban Studies, Safety Research, Soil Science and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 29 papers that have together received 4.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Income, Poverty, and Inequality (6 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (3 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (3 papers), Land Rights and Reforms (3 papers), Corruption and Economic Development (2 papers), Economic theories and models (2 papers) and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (1.3k citations), General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (786 citations), Economics and Econometrics (2.1k citations), Urban Studies (354 citations) and Accounting (609 citations). Timothy Besley has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Robin Burgess, Maitreesh Ghatak, Stephen Coate, Ravi Kanbur, Timothy W. Guinnane, Abhijit G. Banerjee, Malcolm Gammie, Richard Blundell, James M. Poterba and Louise J. Cord. Their work appears in journals such as The Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Annual Review of Economics and Econometrica.
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