Tim Besley

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Tim Besley is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Besley has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Tim Besley's work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (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 Social Policy and Reform Studies (2 papers). Tim Besley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Tim Besley's co-authors include Stephen Coate, Maitreesh Ghatak, Tomas Persson, Glenn C. Loury, Ian Preston, Paul Johnson, Stephen Bond, Gareth D. Myles, James M. Poterba and Richard Blundell 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

Tim Besley

16 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

An Economic Model of Representative Democracy

1997 1.0k citations Tim Besley, Stephen Coate The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Besley United Kingdom	12	1.3k	968	588	376	308	19	2.2k
Antonio Merlo United States	23	1.4k 1.1×	759 0.8×	442 0.8×	240 0.6×	135 0.4×	76	2.0k
Donald Wittman United States	22	1.9k 1.5×	1.6k 1.7×	704 1.2×	366 1.0×	126 0.4×	75	3.0k
Toke Aidt United Kingdom	28	2.0k 1.6×	1.1k 1.2×	1.5k 2.5×	289 0.8×	237 0.8×	103	3.6k
Sven Steinmo United States	23	900 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	572 1.0×	257 0.7×	141 0.5×	50	2.6k
Thomas Romer United States	21	2.5k 2.0×	2.0k 2.1×	605 1.0×	445 1.2×	425 1.4×	37	3.5k
Lawrence W. Kenny United States	25	1.0k 0.8×	969 1.0×	455 0.8×	138 0.4×	473 1.5×	54	2.1k
Miriam A. Golden United States	20	781 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 2.1×	269 0.7×	105 0.3×	57	2.4k
John T. Addison United States	35	2.7k 2.1×	865 0.9×	637 1.1×	521 1.4×	270 0.9×	244	4.4k
Richard Romano United States	21	1.3k 1.0×	318 0.3×	554 0.9×	125 0.3×	288 0.9×	57	2.2k
Stefan Voigt Germany	31	1.8k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 2.0×	354 0.9×	84 0.3×	226	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Besley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Besley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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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.

All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

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Dasgupta, Partha & Tim Besley. (2023). Biodiversity: A Conversation with Sir Partha Dasgupta. Annual Review of Economics. 15(1). 755–773.

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Coyle, Diane, Mark Fabian, Eric D. Beinhocker, Tim Besley, & Margaret Stevens. (2023). Is it time to reboot welfare economics? Overview. Fiscal Studies. 44(2). 109–121. 3 indexed citations

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Sen, Amartya, Angus Deaton, & Tim Besley. (2020). Economics with a Moral Compass? Welfare Economics: Past, Present, and Future. Annual Review of Economics. 12(1). 1–21. 10 indexed citations

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Besley, Tim, et al.. (2019). Formulating Industrial Policy. National Institute Economic Review. 250. R47–R53.

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Besley, Tim & John Van Reenen. (2013). Investing for prosperity: a manifesto for growth. 3 indexed citations

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Mirrlees, James A., Stuart Adam, Tim Besley, et al.. (2012). THE MIRRLEES REVIEW: A PROPOSAL FOR SYSTEMATIC TAX REFORM. National Tax Journal. 65(3). 655–683. 19 indexed citations

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Besley, Tim, Thiemo Fetzer, & Hannes Mueller. (2012). One Kind of Lawlessness: Estimating the Welfare Cost of Somali Piracy (IGC Working Paper). 2 indexed citations

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Besley, Tim & Tomas Persson. (2011). The Logic of Political Violence. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 126(3). 1411–1445. 255 indexed citations

9.

Mirrlees, James A., Stuart Adam, Tim Besley, et al.. (2011). Tax by design. 62 indexed citations

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Mirrlees, James A., Stuart Adam, Tim Besley, et al.. (2010). Mirrlees Review of tax system recommends radical changes.

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Adam, Stuart, Tim Besley, Richard Blundell, et al.. (2010). Dimensions of Tax Design. 23 indexed citations

12.

Besley, Tim & Maitreesh Ghatak. (2007). Reforming Public Service Delivery. Journal of African Economies. 16(Supplement 1). 127–156. 53 indexed citations

13.

Besley, Tim & Ian Preston. (2007). Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122(4). 1473–1510. 61 indexed citations

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Besley, Tim. (2003). Incentives, Choice, and Accountability in the Provision of Public Services. Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 19(2). 235–249. 129 indexed citations

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Besley, Tim & Maitreesh Ghatak. (2001). Government Versus Private Ownership of Public Goods. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 116(4). 1343–1372. 252 indexed citations

16.

Besley, Tim & Stephen Coate. (2001). Lobbying and Welfare in a Representative Democracy. The Review of Economic Studies. 68(1). 67–82. 130 indexed citations

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Besley, Tim & Stephen Coate. (1997). An Economic Model of Representative Democracy. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 112(1). 85–114. 1014 indexed citations breakdown →

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Besley, Tim & Stephen Coate. (1995). The Design of Income Maintenance Programmes. The Review of Economic Studies. 62(2). 187–221. 88 indexed citations

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Besley, Tim, Stephen Coate, & Glenn C. Loury. (1994). Rotating Savings and Credit Associations, Credit Markets and Efficiency. The Review of Economic Studies. 61(4). 701–719. 93 indexed citations

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