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Publications
116
Citations
19.6K
H-Index
63
Active since
1982
Affiliations
Stockholm University(Current)
London School of Economics and Political Science
National Bureau of Economic Research
Bocconi University
Centre for Economic Policy Research
Torsten Persson is an author at Stockholm University specializing in social sciences, economics, and political science.
Publications per year
1982–2023
Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy
Sam Bucovetsky, Torsten Persson, Guido Tabellini · Southern Economic Journal · 2002 · 3.9K citations
Social Sciences, Economics, Political Science +10
Why a Stubborn Conservative would Run a Deficit: Policy with Time- Inconsistent Preferences
Torsten Persson, Lars E.O. Svensson · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1989 · 1.2K citations
Social Sciences, Economics, Behavioral Economics +13
Why Do Developing Countries Tax So Little?
Timothy Besley, Torsten Persson · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2014 · 742 citations · Full text
Social Sciences, Economics, Political Science +11
Democratic Capital: The Nexus of Political and Economic Change
Torsten Persson, Guido Tabellini · American Economic Journal Macroeconomics · 2009 · 592 citations
Social Sciences, Economics, Political Science +15
Designing institutions for monetary stability
Torsten Persson, Guido Tabellini · Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy · 1993 · 556 citations
Social Sciences, Economics, Public Finance +12
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