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Working papers

  1. Timothy Besley & Masayuki Kudamatsu, 2007. "Making Autocracy Work," STICERD - Development Economics Papers 48, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Besley, Timothy & Meads, Neil & Surico, Paolo, 2007. "Insiders versus Outsiders in Monetary Policy-Making," Discussion Papers 20, Monetary Policy Committee Unit, Bank of England. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Timothy Besley & Rohini Pande & Vijayendra Rao, 2007. "Just Rewards?Local Politics and Public ResourceAllocation in South India," STICERD - Development Economics Papers 49, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE. [Downloadable!]

  4. Timothy Besley & Torsten Persson, 2007. "The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics," NBER Working Papers 13028, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Tim Besley & Ian Preston, 2007. "Electoral bias and policy choice: theory and evidence," IFS Working Papers W07/06, Institute for Fiscal Studies. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Besley, Timothy J. & Payne, A. Abigail, 2005. "Implementation of Anti-Discrimination Policy: Does Judicial Selection Matter?," CEPR Discussion Papers 5211, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Timothy Besley & Torsten Persson & Daniel Sturm, 2005. "Political Competition and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence from the United States," NBER Working Papers 11484, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Timothy Besley & Valentino Larcinese, 2005. "Working or Shirking?A Closer Look at MPs’ Expenses and Parliamentary Attendance," STICERD - Political Economy and Public Policy Paper Series 15, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE. [Downloadable!]

  9. Timothy Besley & Michael Smart, 2005. "Fiscal Restraints and Voter Welfare," STICERD - Political Economy and Public Policy Paper Series 06, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE. [Downloadable!]
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  10. Timothy Besley & Rohini Pande & Vijayendra Rao, 2005. "Political Selection and the Qualilty of Government: Evidence from South India," Working Papers 921, Economic Growth Center, Yale University. [Downloadable!]
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  11. Andrea Prat, 2004. "(UBS Pensions Series 030) Credible Pensions," FMG Discussion Papers dp525, Financial Markets Group. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  12. Besley, Timothy J. & Ghatak, Maitreesh, 2004. "Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents," CEPR Discussion Papers 4641, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  13. Andrea Prat, 2003. "(UBS Pensions series 12) Pension Fund Governance and the Choice Between Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans," FMG Discussion Papers dp454, Financial Markets Group. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  14. Besley, Timothy J. & Prat, Andrea, 2003. "Pension Fund Governance and the Choice Between Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans," CEPR Discussion Papers 3955, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  15. Tim Besley & Maitreesh Ghatak, 2003. "Incentives, choice and accountability in the provision of public services," IFS Working Papers W03/08, Institute for Fiscal Studies. [Downloadable!]
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  16. Tim Besley & Abigail Payne, 2003. "Judicial accountability and economic policy outcomes: evidence from employment discrimination charges," IFS Working Papers W03/11, Institute for Fiscal Studies. [Downloadable!]

  17. Besley, Timothy J. & Prat, Andrea, 2002. "Handcuffs for the Grabbing Hand? Media Capture and Government Accountability," CEPR Discussion Papers 3132, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  18. Besley, Timothy J. & Smart, Michael, 2002. "Does Tax Competition Raise Voter Welfare?," CEPR Discussion Papers 3131, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  19. Besley, Timothy J. & Burgess, Robin, 2002. "Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India," CEPR Discussion Papers 3260, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  20. Besley, Timothy J. & Case, Anne, 2002. "Political Institutions and Policy Choices: Evidence from the United States," CEPR Discussion Papers 3498, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  21. Besley, Timothy J. & Coate, Stephen, 2001. "Issue Unbundling via Citizens' initiatives," CEPR Discussion Papers 2857, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  22. Besley, Timothy J. & Ghatak, Maitreesh, 2001. "Government versus Private Ownership of Public Goods," CEPR Discussion Papers 2725, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  23. Besley, Timothy J. & Burgess, Robin, 2001. "The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India," CEPR Discussion Papers 2721, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  24. Besley, Timothy J. & Coate, Stephen, 2000. "Elected Versus Appointed Regulators: Theory And Evidence," CEPR Discussion Papers 2381, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  25. Besley, Timothy J. & Coate, Stephen, 2000. "Centralized versus Decentralized Provision of Local Public Goods: a Political Economy Analysis," CEPR Discussion Papers 2495, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  26. Timothy Besley & Maitreesh Ghatak, 1999. "Public-Private Partnership for the Provision of Public Goods: Theory and an Application to NGOs," STICERD - Development Economics Papers 17, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE. [Downloadable!]

  27. Timothy J. Besley & Harvey S. Rosen, 1999. "Vertical Externalities in Tax Setting: Evidence from Gasoline and Cigarettes," NBER Working Papers 6517, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  28. Timothy Besley & Stephen Coate, 1999. "The Public Critique of Welfare Economics: An Exploration," NBER Working Papers 7083, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  29. Timothy J. Besley & Harvey S. Rosen, 1998. "Sales Taxes and Prices: An Empirical Analysis," NBER Working Papers 6667, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  30. Timothy Besley & Robin Burgess, 1998. "Land Reform, Poverty Reduction and Growth: Evidence from India," STICERD - Development Economics Papers 13, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE. [Downloadable!]
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  31. Timothy Besley & Rohini Pande, 1998. "Read My Lips: The Political Economy of Information Transmission," STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series 355, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE. [Downloadable!]
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  32. Timothy Besley & Stephen Coate, 1997. "Analyzing the Case for Government Intervention in a Representative Democracy," STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series 335, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE. [Downloadable!]

  33. Timothy Besley & Stephen Coate, 1997. "Lobbying and Welfare in a Representative Democracy - (Now published in Review of Economic Studies, 68 (2001), pp.67-82.)," STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series 334, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE.

  34. Tim Besley & John Hall & Ian Preston, 1996. "The demand for private health insurance: do waiting lists matter?," IFS Working Papers W96/07, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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  35. Timothy Besley & Anne Case, 1994. "Unnatural Experiments? Estimating the Incidence of Endogenous Policies," NBER Working Papers 4956, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  36. Besley, T. & Case, A., 1994. "Diffusion as a Learning Process: Evidence from HYV Cotton," Papers 174, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Development Studies.
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  37. Timothy Besley & Anne Case, 1993. "Does Electoral Accountability Affect Economic Policy Choices? Evidence from Gubernatorial Term Limits," NBER Working Papers 4575, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  38. Tim Besley & Ian Preston & Ridge, M, 1993. "Fiscal anarchy in the UK," IFS Working Papers W93/18, Institute for Fiscal Studies.

  39. Besley, T., 1993. "Property Rights and Investment Incentives: Theory and Micro-Evidence from Ghana," Papers 170, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Development Studies.

  40. Guinnane, T.W. & Besley, T. & Coate, S., 1993. "Understanding the Worhouse Test: Information and poor Relief in Nineteenth-Century England," Papers 701, Yale - Economic Growth Center.

  41. Besley, T., 1993. "Savings, Credit and Insurance," Papers 167, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Development Studies.
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  42. Besley, T. & Levenson, A., 1993. "The Role of Informal Finance in Household Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Taiwan," Papers 171, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Development Studies.
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  43. Guinnane, T. & Banerjee, A. & Besley, T., 1993. "Thy Neighbor's Keeper: the Design of a Credit Cooperative with Theory and a Test," Papers 705, Yale - Economic Growth Center.
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  44. Timothy Besley & Stephen Coate & Glenn Loury, 1992. "On the Allocative Performance of Rotative Savings and Credit Associations," Boston University - Institute for Economic Development 26, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development.
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  45. Timothy Besley & Stephen Coate & Glenn Loury, 1992. "The Economics of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations," Boston University - Institute for Economic Development 24, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development.
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  46. Banerjee, A.V. & Besley, T. & Guinnane, T.W., 1992. "Thy Neighbor's Keeper: The Disign of Credit Cooperative with Theory and Evidence," Papers 160, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Development Studies.

  47. Besley, T., 1992. "How Do Market Failures Justify Interventions in Rural Credit Markets?," Papers 162, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Development Studies.
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  48. Timothy Besley & Anne Case, 1992. "Incumbent Behavior: Vote Seeking, Tax Setting and Yardstick Competition," NBER Working Papers 4041, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  49. Besley, T., 1992. "Monopsony and Time-Consistency : Sustainable Pricing Policies for Perennial Grops," Papers 159, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Development Studies.
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  50. Besley, T. & Coate, S., 1991. "The Design Of Income Maintenance Programs," Papers 74, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - John M. Olin Program.
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  51. Besley, T. & Coate, S., 1991. "Group Lending, Repayment Incentives And Social Collateral," Papers 152, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Development Studies.
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  52. Besley, T. & Coate, S., 1991. "Workfare vs. Welfare: Incentive Arguments For Work Requirements In Poverty Allevation Programs," Papers 73, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - John M. Olin Program.
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  53. Banerjee, A.V. & Besley, T., 1990. "Peer Group Externalities And The Learning Incentives: A Theory Of Nerd Behavior," Papers 68, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Discussion Paper.

  54. Besley, T. & Mclaren J., 1990. "Tax Compliance And Corruption Deterrence: The Role Of Wage Incentives," Papers 44, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Discussion Paper.

  55. Besley, T. & McLaren, J., 1990. "Monitoring And Wage Incentives: Capitulation Vs. Efficiency Wages," Papers 70, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - John M. Olin Program.

  56. Besley, T. & Coate, S., 1990. "Understanding Welfare Stigma: Taxpayer Resentment And Statistical Discrimination," Papers 42, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Discussion Paper.
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  57. Besley, Timothy & Kanbur, Ravi, 1990. "The principles of targeting," Policy Research Working Paper Series 385, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]

  58. Besley, Timothy & Powell, Andrew, 1989. "Commodity indexed debt in international lending," Policy Research Working Paper Series 161, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]

  59. Besley, T. & Suzumura, K., 1989. "Taxation And Welfare In An Oligopoly With Stategic Commitment," Papers 52, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Discussion Paper.
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  60. Besley, T., 1989. "Targeting Taxes And Transfers: Administrative Costs And Policy Design In Developing Economies," Papers 146, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Development Studies.

  61. Besley, T. & Coate, S., 1989. "Public Provision Of Private Goods And The Redistribution Of Income," Papers 36, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Discussion Paper.
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  62. Azam, J.P. & Besley, T., 1988. "General Equilibrium With Parallel Markets For Goods And Foreign Exchange: Theory And Application For Ghana," Papers 143, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Development Studies.
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  63. Banerjee, Anindya & Besley, Timothy J., 1988. "Moral Hazard and Limited Liability in the Market for Loans: Credit Restriction Versus Credit Rationing," CEPR Discussion Papers 261, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  64. Besley, T. & Kanbur, R., 1988. "Individual Rationality And The Social Valuation Of Life," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 299, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.

  65. Timothy Besley & Stephen Coate, . ""Efficient Policy Choice in a Representative Democracy: A Dynamic Analysis''," CARESS Working Papres 95-10, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences. [Downloadable!]
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  66. Timothy Besley & Ian Preston & Michael Ridge, . "Fiscal anarchy in the UK: modelling poll tax noncompliance," Public Policy Discussion Papers 96-02, Economics and Finance Section, School of Social Sciences, Brunel University.
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  67. Tim Besley & Stephen Coate, . ""An Economic Model of Representative Democracy''," CARESS Working Papres 95-02, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences. [Downloadable!]
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Articles

  1. Timothy Besley & Torsten Persson, 2008. "Wars and State Capacity," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 6(2-3), pages 522-530, 04-05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  2. Timothy Besley & Neil Meads & Paolo Surico, 2008. "Insiders versus Outsiders in Monetary Policymaking," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 98(2), pages 218-23, May. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Timothy Besley & Maitreesh Ghatak, 2008. "Status Incentives," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 98(2), pages 206-11, May. [Downloadable!]

  4. Besley, Timothy & Smart, Michael, 2007. "Fiscal restraints and voter welfare," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(3-4), pages 755-773, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Besley, Timothy & Ghatak, Maitreesh, 2007. "Retailing public goods: The economics of corporate social responsibility," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(9), pages 1645-1663, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  6. Timothy Besley & Ian Preston, 2007. "Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 122(4), pages 1473-1510, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Timothy Besley, 2007. "The New Political Economy," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 117(524), pages F570-F587, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  8. Timothy Besley & Maitreesh Ghatak, 2006. "Sorting with Motivated Agents: Implications for School Competition and Teacher Incentives," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 4(2-3), pages 404-414, 04-05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  9. Timothy Besley & Masayuki Kudamatsu, 2006. "Health and Democracy," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 96(2), pages 313-318, May. [Downloadable!]

  10. Timothy Besley & Andrea Prat, 2006. "Handcuffs for the Grabbing Hand? Media Capture and Government Accountability," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 96(3), pages 720-736, June. [Downloadable!]
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  11. Besley, Timothy & Rosenzweig, Mark, 2006. "Editorial," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 79(2), pages v-v, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  12. Timothy Besley, 2005. "Political Selection," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 19(3), pages 43-60, Summer. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  13. Tim Besley & Andrea Prat, 2005. "Credible pensions," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 26(1), pages 119-135, March.

  14. Timothy Besley & Maitreesh Ghatak, 2005. "Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(3), pages 616-636, June. [Downloadable!]
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  15. Timothy Besley & Rohini Pande & Vijayendra Rao, 2005. "Participatory Democracy in Action: Survey Evidence from South India," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 3(2-3), pages 648-657, 04/05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  16. Timothy Besley, 2004. "Joseph Schumpeter Lecture: Paying Politicians: Theory and Evidence," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 2(2-3), pages 193-215, 04/05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  17. Timothy Besley & Rohini Pande & Lupin Rahman & Vijayendra Rao, 2004. "The Politics of Public Good Provision: Evidence from Indian Local Governments," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 2(2-3), pages 416-426, 04/05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  18. Timothy Besley & Robin Burgess, 2004. "Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 119(1), pages 91-134, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  19. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen, 2003. " On the Public Choice Critique of Welfare Economics," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 114(3-4), pages 253-73, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  20. Timothy Besley & Stephen Coate, 2003. "Elected Versus Appointed Regulators: Theory and Evidence," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 1(5), pages 1176-1206, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  21. Timothy Besley & Anne Case, 2003. "Political Institutions and Policy Choices: Evidence from the United States," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 41(1), pages 7-73, March.
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  22. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen, 2003. "Centralized versus decentralized provision of local public goods: a political economy approach," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 87(12), pages 2611-2637, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  23. Timothy Besley & Maitreesh Ghatak, 2003. "Incentives, Choice, and Accountability in the Provision of Public Services," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 19(2), pages 235-249, Summer.
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  24. Timothy Besley & Robin Burgess, 2003. "Halving Global Poverty," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 17(3), pages 3-22, Summer. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  25. Timothy Besley & Robin Burgess, 2002. "The Political Economy Of Government Responsiveness: Theory And Evidence From India," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 117(4), pages 1415-1451, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  26. Besley, Timothy & Burgess, Robin, 2001. "Political agency, government responsiveness and the role of the media," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 45(4-6), pages 629-640, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  27. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen, 2001. "Lobbying and Welfare in a Representative Democracy," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 68(1), pages 67-82, January.

  28. Tim Besley, 2001. "From micro to macro: public policies and aggregate economic performance," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 22(3), pages 357-374, September. [Downloadable!]

  29. Timothy Besley & Maitreesh Ghatak, 2001. "Government Versus Private Ownership Of Public Goods," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 116(4), pages 1343-1372, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  30. Besley, Timothy, 2001. "Development microeconomics: Pranab K. Bardhan and C. Udry, 1999, Clarendon Press: Oxford, pp. 237," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(1), pages 239-241, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  31. Timothy Besley & Robin Burgess, 2000. "Land Reform, Poverty Reduction, And Growth: Evidence From India," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 115(2), pages 389-430, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  32. Besley, Timothy & Case, Anne, 2000. "Unnatural Experiments? Estimating the Incidence of Endogenous Policies," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 110(467), pages F672-94, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  33. Timothy Besley & Paul Seabright, 1999. "The effects and policy implications of state aids to industry: an economic analysis," Economic Policy, CEPR, CES, MSH, vol. 14(28), pages 13-53, 04. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  34. Besley, Timothy & Hall, John & Preston, Ian, 1999. "The demand for private health insurance: do waiting lists matter?," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(2), pages 155-181, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  35. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen, 1998. "Sources of Inefficiency in a Representative Democracy: A Dynamic Analysis," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 88(1), pages 139-56, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  36. Besley, Timothy J. & Rosen, Harvey S., 1998. "Vertical externalities in tax setting: evidence from gasoline and cigarettes," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(3), pages 383-398, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  37. Besley, Timothy & Hall, John & Preston, Ian, 1998. "Private and public health insurance in the UK," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 42(3-5), pages 491-497, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  38. Besley, Timothy & Preston, Ian & Ridge, Michael, 1997. "Fiscal anarchy in the UK: Modelling poll tax noncompliance," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 64(2), pages 137-152, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  39. Dixit, Avinash & Besley, Timothy, 1997. " James Mirrlees' Contributions to the Theory of Information and Incentives," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 99(2), pages 207-35, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  40. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen, 1997. "An Economic Model of Representative Democracy," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 112(1), pages 85-114, February.
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  41. Besley, Timothy, 1997. "Monopsony and Time-Consistency: Sustainable Pricing Policies for Perennial Crops," Review of Development Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 1(1), pages 57-70, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  42. Levenson, Alec R. & Besley, Timothy, 1996. "The anatomy of an informal financial market: Rosca participation in Taiwan," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(1), pages 45-68, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  43. Besley, Timothy & Levenson, Alec R, 1996. "The Role of Informal Finance in Household Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Taiwan," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 106(434), pages 39-59, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  44. Besley, Timothy, 1995. "Property Rights and Investment Incentives: Theory and Evidence from Ghana," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 103(5), pages 903-37, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  45. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen, 1995. "Group lending, repayment incentives and social collateral," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 1-18, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  46. Besley, Timothy & Case, Anne, 1995. "Incumbent Behavior: Vote-Seeking, Tax-Setting, and Yardstick Competition," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 85(1), pages 25-45, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  47. Besley, Timothy & Case, Anne, 1995. "Does Electoral Accountability Affect Economic Policy Choices? Evidence from Gubernatorial Term Limits," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 110(3), pages 769-98, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  48. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen, 1995. "The Design of Income Maintenance Programmes," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 62(2), pages 187-221, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  49. Besley, Timothy, 1995. "Nonmarket Institutions for Credit and Risk Sharing in Low-Income Countries," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 9(3), pages 115-27, Summer. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  50. Besley, Timothy & Jewitt, Ian, 1995. "Uniform taxation and consumer preferences," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 58(1), pages 73-84, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  51. Besley, Timothy, 1994. "How Do Market Failures Justify Interventions in Rural Credit Markets?," World Bank Research Observer, Oxford University Press, vol. 9(1), pages 27-47, January.
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  52. Banerjee, Abhijit V & Besley, Timothy & Guinnane, Timothy W, 1994. "Thy Neighbor's Keeper: The Design of a Credit Cooperative with Theory and a Test," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 109(2), pages 491-515, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  53. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen & Loury, Glenn, 1994. "Rotating Savings and Credit Associations, Credit Markets and Efficiency," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 61(4), pages 701-19, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  54. Besley, Timothy & McLaren, John, 1993. "Taxes and Bribery: The Role of Wage Incentives," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 103(416), pages 119-41, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  55. Besley, Timothy & Case, Anne, 1993. "Modeling Technology Adoption in Developing Countries," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 83(2), pages 396-402, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  56. Besley, Timothy, 1993. "Hunger and public action : Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen (Oxford University Press, Oxford)," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 41(2), pages 405-408, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  57. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen & Loury, Glenn, 1993. "The Economics of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 83(4), pages 792-810, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  58. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen, 1992. "Workfare versus Welfare Incentive Arguments for Work Requirements in Poverty-Alleviation Programs," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 82(1), pages 249-61, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  59. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen, 1992. "Understanding welfare stigma: Taxpayer resentment and statistical discrimination," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(2), pages 165-183, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  60. Besley, Timothy & Suzumura, Kotaro, 1992. "Taxation and Welfare in an Oligopoly with Strategic Commitment," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 33(2), pages 413-31, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  61. Azam, Jean-Paul & Besley, Timothy, 1991. "Peasant supply response under rationing: The role of the food market," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 7(3), pages 331-343, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  62. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen, 1991. "Public Provision of Private Goods and the Redistribution of Income," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 81(4), pages 979-84, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  63. Besley, Timothy, 1991. " Welfare Improving User Charges for Publicly Provided Private Goods," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 93(4), pages 495-510.

  64. Besley, Timothy & Jewitt, Ian, 1991. "Decentralizing Public Good Supply," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 59(6), pages 1769-78, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  65. Besley, Timothy, 1990. "Optimal reimbursement health insurance: An application of profit functions and Frischian demands," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 51(2), pages 403-422, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  66. Besley, Timothy, 1990. "Means Testing versus Universal Provision in Poverty Alleviation Programmes," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 57(225), pages 119-29, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  67. Banerjee, Anindya & Besley, Timothy, 1990. "Moral Hazard, Limited Liability and Taxation: A Principal-Agent Model," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 42(1), pages 46-60, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  68. Besley, Timothy, 1989. "Commodity taxation and imperfect competition : A note on the effects of entry," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 40(3), pages 359-367, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  69. Besley, Timothy, 1989. "The Demand for Health Care and Health Insurance," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 5(1), pages 21-33, Spring.

  70. Besley, Timothy, 1989. "Ex Ante Evaluation of Health States and the Provision for Ill-Health," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 99(394), pages 132-46, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  71. Besley, Timothy, 1989. "Publicly provided disaster insurance for health and the control of moral hazard," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 39(2), pages 141-156, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  72. Azam, Jean-Paul & Besley, Timothy, 1989. "General equilibrium with parallel markets for goods and foreign exchange: Theory and application to Ghana," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 17(12), pages 1921-1930, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  73. Besley, Timothy J, 1989. "A Definition of Luxury and Necessity for Cardinal Utility Functions," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 99(397), pages 844-49, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  74. Besley, Timothy J & Preston, I P, 1988. "Invariance and the Axiomatics of Income Tax Progression: A Comment," Bulletin of Economic Research, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 40(2), pages 159-63, April.

  75. Besley, Timothy, 1988. "A simple model for merit good arguments," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 371-383, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  76. Besley, Timothy J, 1988. "Rationing, Income Effects and Supply Response: A Theoretical Note," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 40(2), pages 378-89, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  77. Besley, Timothy J., 1988. "Optimal reimbursement health insurance and the theory of Ramsey taxation," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 7(4), pages 321-336, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  78. Besley, Timothy J & Kanbur, S M Ravi, 1988. "Food Subsidies and Poverty Alleviation," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 98(392), pages 701-19, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  79. Besley, Timothy, 1988. "Tied-in credit with a monopoly product market," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 105-108. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

Chapters

  1. Besley, Timothy, 1995. "Savings, credit and insurance," Handbook of Development Economics, in: Hollis Chenery† & T.N. Srinivasan (ed.), Handbook of Development Economics, edition 1, volume 3, chapter 36, pages 2123-2207 Elsevier. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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NEP Fields

27 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):
  1. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (2) 1999-04-27 1999-04-27
  2. NEP-CBA: Central Banking (1) 2008-05-31
  3. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (8) 1999-04-27 1999-04-27 2003-07-10 2006-04-22 2007-02-24 2007-06-23 2007-07-07 2008-02-02 Author is listed
  4. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (1) 2003-07-21
  5. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (1) 2005-02-13
  6. NEP-CWA: Central & Western Asia (3) 2005-09-29 2006-02-26 2008-02-02
  7. NEP-DEV: Development (8) 2003-03-14 2003-10-28 2005-09-29 2006-02-26 2007-04-14 2007-07-07 2007-07-07 2008-02-02 Author is listed
  8. NEP-EDU: Education (2) 2005-09-29 2006-02-26
  9. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (2) 1999-04-27 1999-04-27
  10. NEP-FIN: Finance (1) 2005-02-06
  11. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic & Financial History (1) 2007-04-14
  12. NEP-HPE: History & Philosophy of Economics (1) 2007-04-14
  13. NEP-IND: Industrial Organization (1) 1999-04-27
  14. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (2) 2003-10-28 2004-02-08
  15. NEP-LAW: Law & Economics (5) 2000-03-06 2002-07-31 2005-09-29 2007-04-14 2007-07-07 Author is listed
  16. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (2) 2007-04-14 2008-05-31
  17. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (4) 1999-04-27 1999-04-27 2003-03-14 2005-02-13
  18. NEP-MON: Monetary Economics (1) 2008-05-31
  19. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (10) 1999-04-27 1999-04-27 2000-03-06 2005-07-18 2005-08-13 2005-09-29 2006-01-24 2007-04-14 2007-07-07 2008-02-02 Author is listed
  20. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (4) 1999-04-27 1999-04-27 2002-07-31 2003-03-14
  21. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (14) 1999-04-27 1999-04-27 2000-03-06 2005-08-13 2005-09-29 2006-01-24 2006-04-22 2007-02-24 2007-04-14 2007-06-23 2007-07-07 2007-07-07 2008-02-02 2008-05-31 Author is listed
  22. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (4) 1998-08-21 1999-04-27 1999-04-27 2002-07-31
  23. NEP-REG: Regulation (3) 2005-09-29 2007-04-14 2007-07-07
  24. NEP-SOC: Social Norms & Social Capital (1) 2007-06-23
  25. NEP-URE: Urban & Real Estate Economics (2) 2003-03-14 2005-09-29
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