Timothy Besley

Group lending, repayment incentives and social collateral

Timothy Besley, Stephen Coate · Journal of Development Economics · 1995 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Management, Economics, Finance +13

Centralized versus decentralized provision of local public goods: a political economy approach

Timothy Besley, Stephen Coate · Journal of Public Economics · 2002 · 1.1K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Public Administration +16

Incumbent Behavior: Vote Seeking, Tax Setting and Yardstick Competition

Timothy Besley, Anne Case · National Bureau of Economic Research · 1992 · 783 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Political Science, Public Finance +13

Capital in the 21st Century

Andrew Haldane, Rachana Shanbhogue, Orazio Attanasio et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2015 · 775 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Finance, Economic Development +6

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