Property rights and investment incentives: Theory and evidence from Ghana T Besley Journal of political Economy 103 (5), 903-937, 1995 | 3106 | 1995 |
Incumbent behavior: Vote seeking, tax setting and yardstick competition TJ Besley, A Case National bureau of economic research, 1992 | 2712 | 1992 |
The political economy of government responsiveness: Theory and evidence from India T Besley, R Burgess The quarterly journal of economics 117 (4), 1415-1451, 2002 | 2316 | 2002 |
An economic model of representative democracy T Besley, S Coate The quarterly journal of economics 112 (1), 85-114, 1997 | 2275 | 1997 |
Group lending, repayment incentives and social collateral T Besley, S Coate Journal of development economics 46 (1), 1-18, 1995 | 2180 | 1995 |
Principled agents?: The political economy of good government T Besley Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 | 2114 | 2006 |
Can labor regulation hinder economic performance? Evidence from India T Besley, R Burgess The Quarterly journal of economics 119 (1), 91-134, 2004 | 2083 | 2004 |
Centralized versus decentralized provision of local public goods: a political economy approach T Besley, S Coate Journal of public economics 87 (12), 2611-2637, 2003 | 2000 | 2003 |
The origins of state capacity: Property rights, taxation, and politics T Besley, T Persson American economic review 99 (4), 1218-1244, 2009 | 1996 | 2009 |
Competition and incentives with motivated agents T Besley, M Ghatak American economic review 95 (3), 616-636, 2005 | 1811 | 2005 |
Handcuffs for the grabbing hand? Media capture and government accountability T Besley, A Prat American economic review 96 (3), 720-736, 2006 | 1688 | 2006 |
Does electoral accountability affect economic policy choices? Evidence from gubernatorial term limits T Besley, A Case The Quarterly Journal of Economics 110 (3), 769-798, 1995 | 1602 | 1995 |
Pillars of prosperity: The political economics of development clusters T Besley, T Persson Princeton University Press, 2011 | 1548 | 2011 |
Political institutions and policy choices: evidence from the United States T Besley, A Case Journal of Economic Literature 41 (1), 7-73, 2003 | 1305 | 2003 |
State capacity, conflict, and development T Besley, T Persson Econometrica 78 (1), 1-34, 2010 | 1286 | 2010 |
The economics of rotating savings and credit associations T Besley, S Coate, G Loury The American Economic Review, 792-810, 1993 | 1102 | 1993 |
Thy neighbor's keeper: The design of a credit cooperative with theory and a test AV Banerjee, T Besley, TW Guinnane The Quarterly Journal of Economics 109 (2), 491-515, 1994 | 1070 | 1994 |
Land reform, poverty reduction, and growth: Evidence from India T Besley, R Burgess The Quarterly Journal of Economics 115 (2), 389-430, 2000 | 1068 | 2000 |
Property rights and economic development T Besley, M Ghatak Handbook of development economics 5, 4525-4595, 2010 | 1051 | 2010 |
Tax by design: The Mirrlees review J Mirrlees OUP Oxford, 2011 | 1045 | 2011 |