Timothy Besley

154 papers and 12.5k indexed citations
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About

Timothy Besley is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy Besley has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 43 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Timothy Besley’s work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (41 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (21 papers) and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (15 papers). Timothy Besley is often cited by papers focused on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (41 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (21 papers) and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (15 papers). Timothy Besley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Timothy Besley's co-authors include Stephen Coate, Torsten Persson, Anne Case, Maitreesh Ghatak, Robin Burgess, Marta Reynal‐Querol, John McLaren, Harvey S. Rosen, Partha Dasgupta and Masayuki Kudamatsu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Economic Review and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Timothy Besley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Timothy Besley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Timothy 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 Timothy Besley. Timothy Besley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Timothy Besley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Timothy 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 Timothy Besley. The network helps show where Timothy Besley may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Timothy Besley

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