What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
His main research concerns Politics, Public economics, Political economy, Government and Incentive.
Timothy Besley has researched Politics in several fields, including Panel data, Agency, Prosperity and State.
His Public economics research integrates issues from Competition, Agency, Welfare and Adverse selection.
Timothy Besley has included themes like Private sector, Corporate governance, Democracy and Public administration in his Political economy study.
Timothy Besley interconnects Fiscal capacity, Economic policy, Finance and Public good in the investigation of issues within Government.
His studies deal with areas such as Workfare, Poor relief, Public finance and Value as well as Incentive.
His most cited work include:
- Property Rights and Investment Incentives: Theory and Evidence from Ghana (1326 citations)
- Incumbent behavior: Vote-seeking, tax-setting, and yardstick competition (1226 citations)
- An Economic Model of Representative Democracy (1179 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Timothy Besley spends much of his time researching Public economics, Politics, Government, Political economy and Incentive.
The various areas that he examines in his Public economics study include Competition and Welfare.
His Competition research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Quality, Public service and Externality.
His Politics study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Panel data, Accountability, State, Power and Economic system.
He works mostly in the field of Government, limiting it down to concerns involving Public good and, occasionally, Developing country.
The Political economy study combines topics in areas such as Political violence and Democracy.
He most often published in these fields:
- Public economics (46.03%)
- Politics (44.40%)
- Government (25.81%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Politics (44.40%)
- Political economy (21.66%)
- Public economics (46.03%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of investigation include Politics, Political economy, Public economics, Government and State.
His Politics research incorporates elements of Core and Affect.
His studies in Political economy integrate themes in fields like Democracy, Economic inequality, Redistribution of income and wealth and Income distribution.
His Public economics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Quality, Public service, Consumer choice, Externality and Paternalism.
His Government study frequently links to related topics such as Public good.
His State study combines topics in areas such as Social contract and Law and economics.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man : Theory and Evidence from Sweden (99 citations)
- Profit with Purpose? A Theory of Social Enterprise (32 citations)
- Public–private partnerships for the provision of public goods: Theory and an application to NGOs (21 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
His primary areas of study are Public economics, Politics, Political economy, Economic system and Government.
His Public economics study incorporates themes from Quality, Health care, Consumer choice, Externality and Spite.
His work on Policy outcomes as part of general Politics study is frequently connected to If and only if, therefore bridging the gap between diverse disciplines of science and establishing a new relationship between them.
His Political economy research includes elements of Sociological research, Legislature, Ballot and Public relations.
He focuses mostly in the field of Economic system, narrowing it down to matters related to Face and, in some cases, Set, Industrial policy, Psychological resilience and Corporate governance.
As a member of one scientific family, Timothy Besley mostly works in the field of Government, focusing on Public good and, on occasion, Reciprocity, State and Social contract.
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