Research

Timothy Besley & Dan Bogart & Jonathan Chapman & Nuno Palma, 2025. "Justices of the Peace: Legal Foundations of the Industrial Revolution," Lewis Lab Working Papers Series 0011, Arthur Lewis Lab, The University of Manchester. Article link.

Besley, Tim & Burchardi, Konrad & Ghatak, Maitreesh & Xu, Linchuan, 2024. "Empowerment or Financialization? The Gains from Financial Inclusion," CEPR Discussion Papers 19225, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.  Article link.

Besley, Tim & Persson, Torsten, 2023. "Origins of New Political Cleavages: Education, Incomes, and Values," CEPR Discussion Papers 18667, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. 

Besley, T., Bucelli, I. and Velasco, A. (eds), 2025. The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century. London: LSE Press. Available at: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tlc.

Timothy Besley & Torsten Persson, 2024. "Organizational dynamics: culture, design, and performance," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 40(2), pages 394-415. Article link.

Timothy Besley & Sacha Dray, 2024. "Trust and State Effectiveness: The Political Economy of Compliance," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 134(662), pages 2225-2251. Article link.

Timothy Besley & Torsten Persson, 2023. "The Political Economics of Green Transitions," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 138(3), pages 1863-1906. Article link.

Besley, Timothy, 2007. "Principled Agents?: The Political Economy of Good Government," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199283910, December. Article link.

Timothy Besley & Stephen Coate, 1997. "An Economic Model of Representative Democracy," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 112(1), pages 85-114. Article link.