Timothy Besley

8.1k citations
27 papers · 4.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 15
Topics
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 papers)Income, Poverty, and Inequality (4 papers)Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (3 papers)

In The Last Decade

Timothy Besley

27 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Property Rights and Investment Incentives: Theory and Evi...1995202620052015199520044008001.2k

Peers

Timothy Besley
Comparison fields: 5 of 97
  • Economics and Econometrics 2.2k
  • Soil Science 1.1k
  • Sociology and Political Science 829
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 711
  • Accounting 684
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
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Treasury Select Committee - call for evidence on Covid-19 financial package
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Terror and Tourism : The Economic Consequences of Media Coverage
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UK Growth: A New Chapter
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Conflict and Investment
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Dimensions of tax design: the Mirrlees review
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Political economy of panchayats in South India
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Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth : Insights and Lessons from Country Experiences
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Development challenges of the 1990s: leading policy makers speak from experience
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Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from Indiabreakdown →
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Empirical evidence on fiscal interdependence in OECD countries
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Property Rights and Investment Incentives: Theory and Evidence from Ghanabreakdown →
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Modeling Technology Adoption in Developing Countries
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Workfare versus Welfare Incentive Arguments for Work Requirements in Poverty-Alleviation Programs
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On the Allocative Performance of Rotative Savings and Credit Associations
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About Timothy Besley

Timothy Besley is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Finance and Economics and Econometrics, having authored 27 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (4 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (1.1k citations), General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (711 citations) and Economics and Econometrics (2.2k citations). Timothy Besley has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Robin Burgess, Stephen Coate, Abhijit Banerjee, Timothy W. Guinnane, James M. Poterba, Malcolm Gammie, Richard Blundell, Ravi Kanbur, Louise J. Cord and Maitreesh Ghatak. Their work appears in journals such as American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Econometrica.

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