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Fragile States and Development Policy
Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2011
It is widely recognized that fragile states are key symptoms of under-development in many parts of the world. Such …, mainstream development economics has not dealt in any systematic way with such concerns and the implications for development … assistance. This paper puts forward a frame-work for analyzing fragile states and applies it to a variety of development policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838694
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Read my lips : the political economy of information transmission
Besley, Timothy; Pande, Rohini - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998
The paper studies credible information transmission by governments. A group of heterogenous individuals have to make 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928656
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State Capacity, Conflict and Development
Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2009
We report on an on-going project, which asks a number of questions relevant to thestudy of state capacity. What are the main economic and political determinants ofthe state's capacity to raise revenue and support private markets? How do risks ofviolent conflict affect the incentives to invest in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998921
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State Capacity, Conflict and Development
Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - eSocialSciences - 2010
small states? What relations should we expect between resource rents, civil wars and economic development? The paper is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008455853
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Political Selection and the Qualilty of Government: Evidence from South India
Besley, Timothy; Pande, Rohini; Rao, Vijayendra - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2005
This paper uses household data from India to examine the economic and social status of village politicians, and how individual and village characteristics affect politician behavior while in office. Education increases the chances of selection to public office and reduces the odds that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558485
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Political Selection and the Qualilty of Government: Evidence from South India
Besley, Timothy; Pande, Rohini; Rao, Vijayendra - 2005
This paper uses household data from India to examine the economic and social status of village politicians, and how individual and village characteristics affect politician behavior while in office. Education increases the chances of selection to public office and reduces the odds that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369140
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Read My Lips: The Political Economy of Information Transmission
Besley, Timothy; Pande, Rohini - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 1998
The paper studies credible information transmission by governments. A group of heterogenous individuals have to make 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670730
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Political selection and the qualilty of government : evidence from South India
Besley, Timothy; Pande, Rohini; Rao, Vijayendra - 2005
This paper uses household data from India to examine the economic and social status of village politicians, and how individual and village characteristics affect politician behavior while in office. Education increases the chances of selection to public office and reduces the odds that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608074
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Biodiversity : a conversation with Sir Partha Dasgupta
Dasgupta, Partha (interviewee); Besley, Timothy (interviewer) - In: Annual review of economics 15 (2023), pp. 755-773
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014429047
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Chapter 2. Taxation and Development
Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - In: Handbook of public economics : volume 5, (pp. 51-110). 2013
The central question in taxation and development is: “how does a government go from raising around 10% of GDP in taxes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025495