JEL classification

Journal of Economic Literature Classification (10696) H - Public Economics (1336) H1 - Structure and Scope of Government (146) H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government (96)
Number of items at this level: 96.
Article
  • Almeida, Heitor, Ferreira, Daniel (2002). Democracy and the variability of economic performance. Economics and Politics, 14(3), 225-257. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0343.00107
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Levy, Gilat (2011). Diversity and the power of the elites in democratic societies: evidence from Indonesia. Journal of Public Economics, 95(11-12), 1322-1330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.04.002
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Prat, Andrea, Valletti, Tommaso (2009). Active and passive waste in government spending: evidence from a policy experiment. American Economic Review, 99(4), 1278-1308. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.99.4.1278
  • Begg, Iain (2016). The EU budget and UK contribution. National Institute Economic Review, 236(1), 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1177/002795011623600106
  • Begg, Iain (2017). Fiscal and other rules in EU economic governance: helpful, largely irrelevant or unenforceable? National Institute Economic Review, 239(1), R3-R13. https://doi.org/10.1177/002795011723900110
  • Bertrand, Marianne, Burgess, Robin, Chawla, Arunish, Xu, Guo (2020). The glittering prizes: career incentives and bureaucrat performance. Review of Economic Studies, 87(2), 626 - 655. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdz029 picture_as_pdf
  • Besley, Timothy (2011). Pathologies of the state. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 80(2), 339-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2011.08.006
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin (2000). Land reform, poverty reduction and growth: evidence from India. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115(2), 389-430. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355300554809
  • Besley, Timothy, Coate, Stephen (1998). Sources of inefficiency in a representative democracy : a dynamic analysis. American Economic Review, 88(1), 139-156.
  • Besley, Timothy, Pande, Rohini, Rao, Vijayendra (2012). Just rewards?: local politics and public resource allocation in South India. World Bank Economic Review, 26(2), 191-216. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhr039
  • Besley, Timothy, Pande, Rohini, Rao, Vijayendra (2007). Political economy of panchayats in South India. Economic and Political Weekly, 42(8), 661-666.
  • Besley, Timothy, Persson, Torsten (2010). State capacity, conflict, and development. Econometrica, 78(1), 1-34. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA8073
  • Besley, Timothy, Persson, Torsten, Sturm, Daniel M. (2010). Political competition, policy and growth: theory and evidence from the US. Review of Economic Studies, 77(4), 1329-1352. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-937X.2010.00606.x
  • Besley, Timothy, Robinson, James A. (2010). Quis custodiet ipsos custodes: civilian control over the military. Journal of the European Economic Association, 8(2-3), 655-663. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-4774.2010.tb00535.x
  • Besley, Timothy, Fetzer, Thiemo, Mueller, Hannes (2015). The welfare cost of lawlessness: evidence from Somali piracy. Journal of the European Economic Association, 13(2), 203-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12114
  • Besley, Timothy, Malcomson, James M. (2018). Competition in public service provision: the role of not-for-profit providers. Journal of Public Economics, 162(S1), 158-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.04.004
  • Besley, Timothy, Persson, Torsten (2019). JEEA-FBBVA lecture 2017: The dynamics of environmental politics and values. Journal of the European Economic Association, 17(4), 993 - 1024. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvz040 picture_as_pdf
  • Besley, Timothy, Persson, Torsten (2009). The origins of state capacity: property rights, taxation and politics. American Economic Review, 99(4), 1218-1244. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.99.4.1218
  • Besley, Timothy, Reynal-Querol, Marta (2017). The logic of hereditary rule: theory and evidence. Journal of Economic Growth, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10887-017-9140-4
  • Blanes i Vidal, Jordi, Draca, Mirko, Fons-Rosen, Christian (2012). Revolving door lobbyists. American Economic Review, 102(7), 3731 - 3748. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.102.7.3731
  • Bosio, Erica, Djankov, Simeon, Glaeser, Edward, Shleifer, Andrei (2022). Public procurement in law and practice. American Economic Review, 112(4), 1091 - 1117. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20200738 picture_as_pdf
  • Burgess, Robin, Besley, Tim (2002). The political economy of government responsiveness: theory and evidence from India. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117(4), p. 1415. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355302320935061
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Raut, Nilesh (2025). Long-term care partnership effects on Medicaid and private insurance. Health Economics, 34(6), 1171 - 1187. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4949 picture_as_pdf
  • Coulomb, Renaud, Sangnier, Marc (2014). The impact of political majorities on firm value: do electoral promises or friendship connections matter? Journal of Public Economics, 115, 158-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.05.001
  • Cárdenas, Mauricio (2010). State capacity in Latin America. Economía, 10(2), 1 - 45. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2010.0003 picture_as_pdf
  • Dunleavy, Patrick (2017). Public sector productivity: measurement challenges, performance information and prospects for improvement. OECD Journal on Budgeting, 17(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1787/budget-17-5jfj7vb36p5c
  • Elliott, Rebecca (2024). The state and the state-of-the-art: prefiguring private insurance for U.S. flood risk. Socio-Economic Review, 22(4), 1583 - 1603. https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwae019 picture_as_pdf
  • Fredriksson, Per G., Neumayer, Eric (2016). Corruption and climate change policies: do the bad old days matter? Environmental and Resource Economics, 63(2), 451-469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-014-9869-6
  • Gavazza, Alessandro, Lizzeri, Alessandro (2009). Transparency and economic policy. Review of Economic Studies, 76(3), 1023-1048. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-937X.2009.00547.x
  • Gregg, Paul, Grout, Paul A., Ratcliffe, Anita, Smith, Sarah, Windmeijer, Frank (2011). How important is pro-social behaviour in the delivery of public services? Journal of Public Economics, 95(7-8), 758-766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.03.002
  • Guimaraes, Bernardo, Sheedy, Kevin D. (2017). Guarding the guardians. The Economic Journal, 127(606), 2441-2477. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12379
  • Hertog, Steffen (2020). Segmented market economies in the Arab world: the political economy of insider-outsider divisions. Socio-Economic Review, picture_as_pdf
  • Layard, Richard, Nickell, S. (1989). The Thatcher miracle? American Economic Review, 79(2), 215-219.
  • Lodge, Martin, Hood, Christopher (2011). Into an age of multiple austerities?: public management and public service bargains across OECD countries. Governance, 25(1), 79-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0491.2011.01557.x
  • Muringani, Jonathan, Dahl Fitjar, Rune, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2024). Political trust and economic development in European regions. Annals of Regional Science, 73(4), 2059 - 2089. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-024-01319-5 picture_as_pdf
  • Platt, Lucinda (2007). Child poverty and ethnicity in the UK: the role and limitations of policy. European Societies, 9(2), 175-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616690701217809
  • Platt, Lucinda, Landman, Todd, Sunkin, Maurice, Calvo, Kerman (2007). Mapping the use of judicial review to challenge local authorities in England and Wales. Public Law, 2007(Aut.), 545-567.
  • Platt, Lucinda, Sunkin, Maurice, Calvo, Kerman (2010). Judicial review litigation as an incentive to change in local authority public services in England and Wales. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 20(Suppl2), i243-i260. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muq027
  • Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Tselios, Vassilis (2019). Well-being, political decentralisation and governance quality in Europe. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 20(1), 69-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2018.1563773 picture_as_pdf
  • Smart, Michael, Sturm, Daniel M. (2013). Term limits and electoral accountability. Journal of Public Economics, 107, 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.08.011
  • Soares, Rodrigo R., Viveiros, Igor (2017). Organization and information in the fight against crime: the integration of police forces in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Economía, 17(2), 29 - 63. https://doi.org/10.31389/eco.64 picture_as_pdf
  • Thatcher, Mark (2002). Analysing regulatory reform in Europe. Journal of European Public Policy, 9(6), 859-872. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350176022000046391
  • Tommasi, Mariano (2006). The institutional foundations of public policy. Economía, 6(2), 1 - 36. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2006.0022 picture_as_pdf
  • Tselios, Vassilis, Rodriguez-Pose, Andres (2022). Can decentralization help address poverty and social exclusion in Europe? Territory, Politics, Governance, https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2022.2098174 picture_as_pdf
  • Velasco, Andrés, Funk, Robert (2024). Institutional vulnerability, breakdown of trust: a model of social unrest in Chile. Estudios de Economia, 51(2), 417 - 440. picture_as_pdf
  • Volckart, Oliver (2023). Voting like your betters: the bandwagon effect in the diet of the Holy Roman Empire. German History, 41(1), 1 - 20. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghac073 picture_as_pdf
  • Whitehead, Christine (2018). Housing policy and the changing tenure mix. National Institute Economic Review, 245(1), R34-R39. https://doi.org/10.1177/002795011824500113
  • da Cruz, Nuno F., Berg, Sanford V., Marques, Rui Cunha (2011). Governança de serviços de infra-estruturas locais nos EUA. Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais, 28, 71-79.
  • da Cruz, Nuno F., Marques, Rui Cunha (2010). Uma análise SWOT ao modelo de empresa municipal em Portugal. Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais, 21, 51-80.
  • von Trapp, Lisa, Lienert, Ian, Wehner, Joachim (2016). Principles for independent fiscal institutions and case studies. OECD Journal on Budgeting, 15(2), 9-24. https://doi.org/10.1787/budget-15-5jm2795tv625
    • Book
  • Corbridge, Stuart, Harriss, John, Jeffrey, Craig (2012). India today: economy, politics & society. Polity Press.
    • Chapter
  • Barr, Nicholas (2025). Welfare state. In Besley, Tim, Bucelli, Irene, Velasco, Andrés (Eds.), The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century (pp. 351 - 390). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tlc.k picture_as_pdf
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin, Esteve-Volart, Berta (2013). The policy origins of poverty and growth in India. In Besley, Timothy, Cord, Louise J. (Eds.), Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth: Insights and Lessons From Country Experiences (pp. 59-79). World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-6515-1
  • Liebenau, Jonathan (2010). Achievements in e-government. In Progress in Public Management in the Middle East and North Africa (pp. 187-208). OECD. https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264082076-12-en
  • Wade, Robert Hunter (2010). The market as means rather than master: the crisis of development and the future role of the state. In Khan, Shahrukh Rafi, Christiansen, Jens (Eds.), Towards New Developmentalism: Market as Means Rather Than Master (pp. 21-46). Routledge.
  • de Renzio, Paolo, Wehner, Joachim (2025). New goals, more actors: rethinking the political economy of fiscal institutions. In Allen, Richard, Krause, Philipp (Eds.), Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Public Financial Management: Responding to Global Crises (pp. 59 - 92). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81136-4_3 picture_as_pdf
    • Report
  • Dunleavy, Patrick, Margetts, Helen, Bastow, Simon, Tinkler, Jane, Pearce, Oliver, Bartholomeou, Patricia (2006). Achieving innovation in central government organisations. Stationery Office.
    • Online resource
  • Dunleavy, Patrick, Hancock, Avery (2010). Why we need to radically join-up public services more than ever.
  • Page, Anne (2010). Spare the axe hanging over Regional Development Agencies.
  • Wehner, Joachim (2010). Britain’s supersized cabinets are too expensive.
    • Working paper
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Prat, Andrea, Valletti, Tommaso (2008). Active and passive waste in government spending: evidence from a policy experiment. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Barr, Nicholas (2000). Reforming pensions: myths, truths and policy choices. (IMF working paper 139). International Monetary Fund. https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451856033.001
  • Besley, Timothy, Burchardi, Konrad B., Bevan, Gwen (2009). Naming and shaming: the impacts of different regimes on hospital waiting times in England and Wales. (Discussion paper 7306). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin (1998). Land reform, poverty reduction and growth : evidence from India. (Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 13 DEDPS 13). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin (2000). The political economy of government responsiveness: theory and evidence from India. (Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 28 DEDPS 28). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Besley, Timothy, Pande, Rohini, Rao, Vijayendra (2007). Just rewards? Local politics and public resource allocation in South India. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Besley, Timothy, Persson, Torsten, Sturm, Daniel (2010). Political competition, policy and growth: theory and evidence from the United States. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1009). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Bhalla, Surjit (2011). Inclusion and growth in India: some facts, some conclusions. (Working Paper 39). Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Blanes i Vidal, Jordi, Draca, Mirko, Fons-Rosen, Christian (2010). Revolving door lobbyists. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP0993). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Bosio, Erica, Djankov, Simeon, Glaeser, Edward, Shleifer, Andrei (2020). Public procurement in law and practice. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 798). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Buiter, Willem H., Lago, Richard, Stern, Nicholas (1996). Promoting an effective market economy in a changing world. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Caselli, Francesco, Michaels, Guy (2009). Do oil windfalls improve living standards?: evidence from Brazil. (CEP Discussion Paper 960). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Chalmers, Damian (2009). Gauging the cumbersomeness of EU Law. (LSE 'Europe in Question' discussion paper series 02/2009). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Christopoulou, Rebekka, Monastiriotis, Vassilis (2014). The public-private duality in wage reforms and adjustment during the Greek crisis. (Crisis Observatory Research Paper No. 9/2014). Hellēniko Hidryma Amyntikēs kai Exōterikēs Politikēs.
  • Deng, Kent (2021). Ultra-low tax regime in Imperial China, 1368-1911. (Economic History Working Papers 324). London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Feld, Lars P., Fischer, Justina A. V., Kirchgassner, Gebhard (2006). The effect of direct democracy on income redistribution: evidence for Switzerland. (PEPP 23). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Flèche, Sarah (2015). Distaste for centralization: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in Switzerland. (CEP Discussion Paper 1383). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Frey, Bruno S. (2009). A new concept of European federalism. (LSE 'Europe in Question' discussion paper series 03/2009). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Frijters, Paul, Clark, Andrew E., Krekel, Christian, Layard, Richard (2019). A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government. (CEP Discussion paper 1658). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Greco, Luciano G. (2006). The optimal design of funded pensions. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 567). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Guo, Jingyuan, Deng, Kent (2024). Laying off old guards to rebuild state capacity: Deng Xiaoping’s bloodless coup d’etat in post-Mao China, 1980-2000. (Economic History Working Papers 372). London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Hatfield, John William, Padró i Miquel, Gerard (2008). A political economy theory of partial decentralization. (NBER working papers 14628). NBER.
  • Karagiannaki, Eleni (2005). Jobcentre Plus or minus? Exploring the performance of Jobcentre Plus for non-jobseekers. (CASEpaper 97). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen, Kreiner, Claus Thustrup, Saez, Emmanuel (2009). Why can modern governments tax so much? An agency model of firms as fiscal intermediaries. (Working Paper Series 15218). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w15218
  • Larsen, Mathias, Jackson, James (2025). Revisiting central bank independence for the climate era: insights from the People's Bank of China. (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Papers 431). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. picture_as_pdf
  • MacCulloch, Robert, Pezzini, Silvia (2002). The role of freedom, growth and religion in the taste for revolution. (DEDPS 36). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Makrydemetres, Anthony, Zervopoulos, Panagiotis D., Pravita, Maria-Eliana (2016). Reform of public administration in Greece: evaluating structural reform of central government departmentsin Greece: application of the DEA methodology. (GreeSE papers 97). Hellenic Observatory, European Institute.
  • Nachane, Dilip M. (2010). Liberalization, globalization and the dynamics of democracy in India. (Working Paper 32). Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Prat, Andrea (2004). The wrong kind of transparency. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 498). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Pritchett, Lant, Viarengo, Martina (2009). The illusion of equality: the educational consequences of blinding the weak states. (Working papers 178). Centre for Global Development.
  • Qian, Yingyi, Roland, Gerard, Xu, Cheng-Gang (2003). Coordinating tasks in M-form and U-form organisations. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Smart, Michael, Sturm, Daniel (2004). Term limits and electoral accountability. (CEPR discussion paper 4272). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Smart, Michael, Sturm, Daniel M. (2006). Term limits and electoral accountability. (CEPDP 770). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Testa, Cecilia (2003). Government corruption and legislative procedures: is one chamber better than two? (DEDPS 41). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Volckart, Oliver (2021). Voting like your betters: the bandwagon effect in the diet of the Holy Roman Empire. (Economic History Working Papers 329). Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • da Cruz, Nuno F., Marques, Rui Cunha (2011). Does the mixed company model provide value for money? an analysis of different local infrastructure sectors. Universitat de Barcelona.