Torsten Persson

26.5k citations
116 papers · 13.3k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 50

Torsten Persson

109 papers receiving 11.5k citations

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Who Becomes A Polit...171198920262001201350010001.5k2.0k

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Torsten Persson
Comparison fields: 5 of 116
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2.8k
  • Economics and Econometrics 9.1k
  • Political Science and International Relations 5.0k
  • Development 592
  • Finance 1.4k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1
Who Becomes A Politician?breakdown →
2017171
2
Education and Military Rivalry
20162
3 201461
4
Weather and Infant Mortality in Africa
201251
5 2011250
6
Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Paper The Incidence of Civil War: Theory and Evidence
20093
7
Uncertainty, Climate Change and the Global Economy
20081
8 2007215
9
Reply to Blankart and Koester‟s Political Economics versus Public Choice
20062
10
Time Consistency of Fiscal and Monetary Policy: A Solution
200512
11
Miljöstrategi och hållbart ledarskap : ekologi och ekonomi i samverkan
20033
12 1999295
13 19992
14
Political economics and macroeconomic policy
19972
15
Separation of Powers and Accountability : Towards a Formal Approach to Comparative Politics
199610
16 1994104
17
Is Inequality Harmful for Growthbreakdown →
19931392
18
Social Contracts as Assets : A Possible Solution to the Time-Consistency Problem
198771
19
Checks and Balances on the Government Budget
19879
20 19841

About Torsten Persson

Torsten Persson is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Development, having authored 116 papers that have together received 13.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (43 papers), Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (37 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (16 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (13 papers), Economic Policies and Impacts (13 papers), Economic theories and models (13 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (12 papers) and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (2.8k citations), Economics and Econometrics (9.1k citations) and Political Science and International Relations (5.0k citations). Torsten Persson has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Guido Tabellini, Timothy Besley, Sam Bucovetsky, Lars E.O. Svensson, Olle Folke, Johanna Rickne, Daniel Sturm, Willem H. Buiter, Patrick Minford and Frederico Finan. Their work appears in journals such as European Economic Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Journal of Monetary Economics.

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