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Trust as state capacity : the political economy of compliance

Besley, Timothy; Dray, Sacha - 2022

This paper explores the link between trust in government, policy-making, and compliance. It focuses on a specific … reduces the government's cost of implementing a policy and may also increase the set of feasible policies. Thus, state … capacity is greater when citizens trust their government. The paper discusses alternative approaches to modelling the origins …

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Political Competition, Policy and Growth: Theory and Evidence from the United States

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten; Sturm, Daniel M. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010

This paper develops a simple model to analyze how a lack of political competition may lead to policies that hinder economic growth. We test the predictions of the model on panel data for the US states. In these data, we find robust evidence that lack of political competition in a state is...

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Trust as state capacity: The political economy of compliance

Besley, Timothy; Dray, Sacha - 2022

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The political economy of government responsiveness: theory and evidence from India

Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

The determinants of government responsiveness to its citizens is a key issue in political economy. Here we develop a …

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Political competition and economic performance : theory and evidence from the United States

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten; Sturm, Daniel - 2005

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Political competition and economic performance : theory and evidence from the United States

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten; Sturm, Daniel - 2005

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The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

Economists generally assume the existence of sufficient institutions to sustain a market economy and tax the citizens. However, this starting point cannot easily be taken for granted in many states, neither in history nor in the developing world of today. This paper develops a framework where...

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Analyzing the case for government intervention in a representative democracy

Besley, Timothy; Coate, Stephen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1997

The welfare economic method for analyzing the case for government intervention is often critized for ignoring the …

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Read my lips : the political economy of information transmission

Besley, Timothy; Pande, Rohini - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998

private investment and labour supply decisions while relying on the government for information about investment returns. The … government consists of an elected citizen who chooses a redistributive strategy in addition to providing information. We give …

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State capacity, conflict and development

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

We report on an on-going project, which asks a number of questions relevant to the study of state capacity. What are the main economic and political determinants of the state’s capacity to raise revenue and support private markets? How do risks of violent conflict affect the incentives to...

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