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Political Competition and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence from the United States

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten; Sturm, Daniel M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

One of the most cherished propositions in economics is that market competition by and large raises consumer welfare. But whether political competition has similarly virtuous consequences is far less discussed. This paper formulates a model to explain why political competition may enhance...

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Norms, enforcement, and tax evasion

Besley, Timothy; Jensen, Anders; Persson, Torsten - 2019

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JEEA-FBBVA LECTURE 2017 : the dynamics of environmental politics and values

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - In: Journal of the European Economic Association : JEEA 17 (2019) 4, pp. 993-1024

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Norms, enforcement, and tax evasion

Besley, Timothy; Jensen, Anders; Persson, Torsten - 2019

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Resilient leaders and institutional reform : theory and evidence

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten; Reynal-Querol, Marta - In: Economica 83 (2016) 332, pp. 584-623

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Gender quotas and the crisis of the mediocre man : theory and evidence from Sweden

Besley, Timothy; Folke, Olle; Persson, Torsten; Rickne, … - In: The American economic review 107 (2017) 8, pp. 2204-2242

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Why do developing countries tax so little?

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - In: The journal of economic perspectives : EP ; a journal … 28 (2014) 4, pp. 99-120

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Norms, enforcement, and tax evasion

Besley, Timothy; Jensen, Anders; Persson, Torsten - 2015

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The causes and consequences of development clusters : state capacity, peace, and income

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - In: Annual review of economics 6 (2014), pp. 927-949

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Weak states and steady states : the dynamics of fiscal capacity

Besley, Timothy; Ilzetzki, Ethan; Persson, Torsten - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 5 (2013) 4, pp. 205-235

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