Tim Besley

4.8k citations
19 papers · 2.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 12

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Tim Besley

16 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

An Economic Model of Representative Democracy 1997 · 1.0k citations
1.0k19972026200620162505007501000

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Tim Besley
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  • Economics and Econometrics 1.3k
  • Political Science and International Relations 968
  • Gender Studies 308
  • Development 101
  • Strategy and Management 376
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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.

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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An Economic Model of Representative Democracy
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19971014
2 2011255
3 2001252
4 2001130
5 2003129
6 199493
7 199588
8
Tax by design
201162
9 200761
10 200753
11
Dimensions of Tax Design
201023
12 201219
13 202010
14 20233
15
Investing for prosperity: a manifesto for growth
20133
16
One Kind of Lawlessness: Estimating the Welfare Cost of Somali Piracy (IGC Working Paper)
20122
17 20230
18 20190
19
Mirrlees Review of tax system recommends radical changes
20100

About Tim Besley

Tim Besley is a scholar working on Development, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Political Science and International Relations and Transportation, having authored 19 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers), International Development and Aid (2 papers), Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (2 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (2 papers), Taxation and Compliance Studies (2 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (2 papers) and Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Economics and Econometrics (1.3k citations), Political Science and International Relations (968 citations), Gender Studies (308 citations), Development (101 citations) and Strategy and Management (376 citations). Tim Besley has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Stephen Coate, Maitreesh Ghatak, Tomas Persson, Ian Preston, Glenn C. Loury, Richard Blundell, Stephen Bond, Paul Johnson, Malcolm Gammie and James M. Poterba. 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 Fiscal Studies.

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