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Timothy Besley

Timothy Besley publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Fiscal Policies and Political Economy and Politics, Economics, and Education Policy.

World rank
#6,920
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#585
of 90,785
Works
58
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
19.3

What does Timothy Besley research?

Economics and Econometrics: 41.8%Political Science and International Relations: 9.1%Sociology and Political Science: 7.3%Demography: 5.5%other fields: 36.3%42%top field
Economics and Econometrics41.8%Political Science and International Relations9.1%Sociology and Political Science7.3%Demography5.5%other fields36.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Economics and Econometrics42% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  4. 4Demography6% of their works
  5. 5Accounting4% of their works
  6. 6Gender Studies4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Timothy Besley's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Economic Growth, Fiscal Policy, Taxation, Infrastructure, Public Investment, Political Economy, Income Inequality and Culture.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Growth133 topics
  2. Fiscal Policy102 topics
  3. Taxation102 topics
  4. Infrastructure71 topic
  5. Public Investment71 topic
  6. Political Economy62 topics
  7. Income Inequality52 topics
  8. Culture31 topic
  9. Economic Policy31 topic
  10. Fiscal Decentralization31 topic
  11. Governance31 topic
  12. Institutions31 topic
  13. Political Budget Cycles31 topic
  14. Public Debt31 topic
  15. Public Finance31 topic
  16. Financial Literacy21 topic
  17. Housing Supply21 topic
  18. Mortgage Credit Expansion21 topic
  19. Regulatory Capitalism21 topic
  20. Retirement Planning21 topic
  21. Self-Regulation21 topic

Where does Timothy Besley work?

Timothy Besley's main affiliation in the publication record is London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Timothy Besley have?

Science Explorer counts 58 works and 1,119 citations for Timothy Besley, ranking #6,920 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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