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Tim Besley

London School of Economics

London School of Economics

Professor Sir Tim Besley is School Professor of Economics of Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics in the Department of Economics at LSE. He is also a member of the National Infrastructure Commission and was President of the Econometric Society in 2018. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and British Academy and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Economic Association and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His work focuses on issues in development economics, public economics and political economy. He has published widely on a variety of topics, mainly with a policy focus.

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