Professor Tim Besley

Position

School Professor of Economics and Political Science

W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics

• Research Centres:
  CEP: Globalisation Research Programme
  IGC: Member of Steering Group
  STICERD: Economic Organisation and Public Policy Programme Associate
                      Public Economics Programme Associate
                      Psychology and Economics Initiative Associate

• Other affiliations:
  IPA: Faculty

• External:
  Visiting Professor, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University                                                                                                                             

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Contact Details

• Email: t.besley@lse.ac.uk
• Telephone: +44 (0)20 7955 6702
• Office: 32L.3.37
• Admin Support: Jo Cantlay
  • Room number: 32L.2.06H 
  • Email: j.m.cantlay@lse.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0)20 7955 7285                                                                     

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Research Interests

• Development Economics
• Public Economics
• Political Economy                                                                                                              

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Publications

Please visit my publications and data page.                                                                             

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Other Professional Activities

• President, International Economic Association
• Research Fellow, Public Policy Programme CEPR
• Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Economics
• Associate Editor, Journal of Development Economics
• Associate Editor, International Tax and Public Finance
• Member of the Editorial Board, European Journal of Political Economy
• Member of the Editorial Board, Review of Development Economics
• Board Member of the Bureau for Research in the Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD)
• Member of the Economic Growth and Institutions Programme of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
• Founding member of the organizing committee of Public Economics UK            

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Other Webpages

• Department of Economics Faculty Webpage  
• CEP Webpage
• LSE Growth Commission
• IGC Webpage
• IPA Webpage 
• STICERD Webpage                                                                                                          

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Education

DPhil in Economics, Oxford University
BA, MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Keble College, Oxford in PPE (first class)                                                                                                                                                  

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Personal Details

Married to Gillian Paull, with two sons: Thomas, born 1995; Oliver, born 1997                  

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