LSE creators

Number of items: 83.
Asia Centre
  • Burgess, Robin, Howes, Stephen, Stern, Nicholas (1995). The reform of indirect taxes in India. In Cassen, Robert, Joshi, Vijay (Eds.), India, the Future of Economic Reform (pp. 113-166). Oxford University Press.
  • Burgess, Robin, Stern, Nicholas (1994). Tax reform in India. Indian Journal of Applied Economics, 3, 1-81.
  • Burgess, Robin, Stern, Nicholas H (1993). Taxation and development. Journal of Economic Literature, 31(2), 762-830.
  • Burgess, Robin, Stern, N (1991). Social security in developing countries : what, why, who, and how? In Ahmad, E, Dreze, J, Hills, J, Sen, A (Eds.), Social Security in Developing Countries (pp. 41-80). Oxford University Press.
  • Centre for Analysis of Risk & Regulation
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin, Pratt, Andrea (2002). Mass media and political accountability. (CARR Discussion Papers DP 6). ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation.
  • Centre for Economic Performance
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Redding, Stephen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2006). The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the License Raj in India. London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Redding, Stephen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2005). The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the license Raj in India. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Redding, Stephen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2005). Entry liberalization and inequality in industrial performance. Journal of the European Economic Association, 3(2/3), 291-302. https://doi.org/10.1162/jeea.2005.3.2-3.291
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Redding, Stephen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2003). The unequal effects of liberalization: theory and evidence from India. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin, Prat, Andrea (2002). Mass media and political accountability. In Islam, Roumeen, Djankov, Simeon, McLiesh, Caralee (Eds.), The Right to Tell: the Role of Mass Media in Economic Development (pp. 45-60). World Bank.
  • Economics
  • Balboni, Clare, Burgess, Robin, Olken, Benjamin A. (2025). The origins and control of forest fires in the Tropics. The Review of Economic Studies, https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaf088 picture_as_pdf
  • Burgess, Robin, Dobermann, Tim (2025). Climate and environment: what we know and what we need to know. In Besley, Tim, Bucelli, Irene, Velasco, Andrés (Eds.), The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century (pp. 475 - 506). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tlc.n picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Bassi, Vittorio, Burgess, Robin, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi, Vitali, Anna (2025). The search for good jobs: evidence from a six-year field experiment in Uganda. Journal of Labor Economics, 43(3), 885 - 935. https://doi.org/10.1086/728429 picture_as_pdf
  • Balboni, Clare, Berman, Aaron, Burgess, Robin, Olken, Benjamin A. (2023). The economics of tropical deforestation. Annual Review of Economics, 15, 723 – 754. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-090622-024705 picture_as_pdf
  • Xu, Guo, Bertrand, Marianne, Burgess, Robin (2023). Organization of the state: home assignment and bureaucrat performance. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 39(2), 371 - 419. https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewab022 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Deserranno, Erika, Morel, Ricardo, Sulaiman, Munshi, Rasul, Imran (2023). Social incentives, delivery agents, and the effectiveness of development interventions. Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 1(1), 162 - 224. https://doi.org/10.1086/722898 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Deserranno, Erika, Morel, Ricardo, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi, Thiemel, Jack (2022). Microfinance and diversification. Economica, 89(S1), S239-S275. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12424 picture_as_pdf
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin, Khan, Adnan, Xu, Guo (2022). Bureaucracy and development. Annual Review of Economics, 14, 397 - 424. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-080521-011950
  • Baboni, Clare, Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Heil, Anton (2022). Why do people stay poor? Quarterly Journal of Economics, 137(2), 785 - 844. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjab045 picture_as_pdf
  • Alfonsi, Livia, Bandiera, Oriana, Bassi, Vittorio, Burgess, Robin, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi, Vitali, Anna (2020). Tackling youth unemployment: evidence from a labor market experiment in Uganda. Econometrica, 88(6), 2369 - 2414. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA15959 picture_as_pdf
  • 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
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Buehren, Niklas, Burgess, Robin, Goldstein, Markus, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi (2020). Women’s empowerment in action: evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 12(1), 210 - 259. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20170416 picture_as_pdf
  • Burgess, Robin, Greenstone, Michael, Ryan, Nicholas, Sudarshan, Anant (2020). The consequences of treating electricity as a right. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 34(1), 145 - 169. https://doi.org/10.1257/JEP.34.1.145 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Das, Narayan, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi (2017). Labor markets and poverty in village economies. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 132(2), 811 - 870. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjx003
  • Greenstone, Michael, Burgess, Robin, Ryan, Nicholas, Sudarshan, Anant (2016). Let them buy light in rural Bihar.
  • Burgess, Robin (2015). Tackling extreme poverty: in conversation with Robin Burgess.
  • Burgess, Robin, Miguel, Edward, Stanton, Charlotte (2015). War and deforestation in Sierra Leone. Environmental Research Letters, 10(9), 095014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/095014
  • Burgess, Robin, Jedwab, Remi, Miguel, Edward, Morjaria, Ameet, Padró i Miquel, Gerard (2015). The value of democracy: evidence from road building in Kenya. American Economic Review, 105(6), 1817-1851. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20131031
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Goldstein, Markus, Buehren, Niklas, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi (2014). Women’s empowerment in action: evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 50). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Rasul, Imran (2014). Creating entrepreneurs: a big new idea in development.
  • Burgess, Robin, Miguel, Edward, Jedwab, Remi, Morjaria, Ameet, Miquel, Gerard Padro i (2013). The value of democracy: evidence from road building in Kenya. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 045). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Burgess, Robin, Anand, Anisha (2013). Bihar growth model may bear fruit in other Indian states: Robin Burgess.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Das, Narayan, Burgess, Robin, Gulesci, Selim, Sulaiman, Munshi, Rasul, Imran (2013). Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor? (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 043). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • 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
  • Burgess, Robin, Hansen, Matthew, Olken, Benjamin, Sieber, Stefanie (2012). The political economy of deforestation in the tropics. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127(4), 1707-1754. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjs034
  • Burgess, Robin, Donaldson, Dave (2012). Can openness to trade reduce income volatility? Evidence from colonial India's famine era. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi (2011-02-02) Can entrepreneurship programs transform the economic lives of the poor? [Other]. Growth Week 2010, Belfast, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Burgess, Robin, Hansen, Matthew, Olken, Benjamin, Sieber, Stefanie (2010). The political economy of deforestation in the tropics. The University of Warwick.
  • Burgess, Robin, Donaldson, Dave (2010). Can openness mitigate the effects of weather shocks? Evidence from India's famine era. American Economic Review, 100(2), 449-453. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.100.2.449
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Goldstein, Markus, Rasul, Imran, Burgess, Robin, Gulesci, Selim, Sulaiman, Munshi (2010). Intentions to participate in adolescent training programs: evidence from Uganda. Journal of the European Economic Association, 8(2-3), 548-560. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-4774.2010.tb00525.x
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Burgess, Robin (2009). Community networks and poverty reduction programmes: evidence from Bangladesh. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 015). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Burgess, Robin, Deschenes, Olivier, Donaldson, Dave, Greenstone, Michael (2009). Weather and death in India: mechanisms and implications of climate change. CSAE, University of Oxford.
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Redding, Stephen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2008). The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the License Raj in India. American Economic Review, 98(4), 1397-1412. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.98.4.1397
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Redding, Stephen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2006). The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the License Raj in India. London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin, Donaldson, David (2006). Confronting global poverty: the role of institutions, expanding opportunities and market liberalization. EGDI Secretariat, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Redding, Stephen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2005). The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the license Raj in India. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Burgess, Robin, Pande, Rohini (2005). Do rural banks matter? Evidence from the Indian social banking experiment. American Economic Review, 95(3), 780-795. https://doi.org/10.1257/0002828054201242
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Redding, Stephen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2005). Entry liberalization and inequality in industrial performance. Journal of the European Economic Association, 3(2/3), 291-302. https://doi.org/10.1162/jeea.2005.3.2-3.291
  • Burgess, Robin, Pande, Rohini, Wong, Grace (2005). Banking for the poor : evidence from India. Journal of the European Economic Association, 3(02-Mar), 268-278.
  • Burgess, Robin, Venables, Tony (2004). Towards a microeconomics of growth. (World Bank policy research working paper 3257). World Bank.
  • Burgess, Robin, Besley, Timothy (2004). Can labour regulation hinder economic performance?: evidence from India. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119(1), 91-134. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355304772839533
  • Burgess, Robin, Venables, Anthony J. (2004). Towards a microeconomics of growth. In Bourguignon, Francois, Pleskovic, Boris (Eds.), Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics: Accelerating Development (pp. 105-139). World Bank.
  • Burgess, Robin, Pande, Rohini (2003). Do rural banks matter? Evidence from the Indian social banking experiment. (Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 40 DEDPS/40). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Burgess, Robin, Besley, Tim (2003). Halving global poverty. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 17(3), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1257/089533003769204335
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Redding, Stephen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2003). The unequal effects of liberalization: theory and evidence from India. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin (2002). Can labour regulation hinder economic performance? Evidence from India. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • 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
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin, Prat, Andrea (2002). Mass media and political accountability. In Islam, Roumeen, Djankov, Simeon, McLiesh, Caralee (Eds.), The Right to Tell: the Role of Mass Media in Economic Development (pp. 45-60). World Bank.
  • Burgess, Robin, Zhuang, Juzhong (2000). Modernisation and son preference. (Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 29 DEDPS 29). 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, 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, Burgess, Robin (1999). Does inequality mean slow growth? Centrepiece, 4(1), 24-29. https://doi.org/CEPCP068
  • 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.
  • Abul Naga, Ramses H., Burgess, Robin (1997). Prediction and determination of household permanent income. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 32 DARP/32). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Burgess, Robin, Howes, Stephen, Stern, Nicholas (1995). The reform of indirect taxes in India. In Cassen, Robert, Joshi, Vijay (Eds.), India, the Future of Economic Reform (pp. 113-166). Oxford University Press.
  • Burgess, Robin, Stern, Nicholas (1994). Tax reform in India. Indian Journal of Applied Economics, 3, 1-81.
  • Burgess, Robin, Stern, Nicholas H (1993). Taxation and development. Journal of Economic Literature, 31(2), 762-830.
  • Burgess, Robin, Stern, N (1991). Social security in developing countries : what, why, who, and how? In Ahmad, E, Dreze, J, Hills, J, Sen, A (Eds.), Social Security in Developing Countries (pp. 41-80). Oxford University Press.
  • Government
  • Burgess, Robin (1999). Social protection and the elderly poor. In Gillion, C. (Ed.), Social Security Pensions: Development and Reform . International Labour Organization.
  • International Growth Centre
  • Burgess, Robin, Dobermann, Tim (2025). Climate and environment: what we know and what we need to know. In Besley, Tim, Bucelli, Irene, Velasco, Andrés (Eds.), The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century (pp. 475 - 506). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tlc.n picture_as_pdf
  • Alfonsi, Livia, Bandiera, Oriana, Bassi, Vittorio, Burgess, Robin, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi, Vitali, Anna (2020). Tackling youth unemployment: evidence from a labor market experiment in Uganda. Econometrica, 88(6), 2369 - 2414. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA15959 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Buehren, Niklas, Burgess, Robin, Goldstein, Markus, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi (2020). Women’s empowerment in action: evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 12(1), 210 - 259. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20170416 picture_as_pdf
  • Greenstone, Michael, Burgess, Robin, Ryan, Nicholas, Sudarshan, Anant (2016). Let them buy light in rural Bihar.
  • Burgess, Robin (2015). Tackling extreme poverty: in conversation with Robin Burgess.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Goldstein, Markus, Buehren, Niklas, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi (2014). Women’s empowerment in action: evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 50). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Rasul, Imran (2014). Creating entrepreneurs: a big new idea in development.
  • Burgess, Robin, Miguel, Edward, Jedwab, Remi, Morjaria, Ameet, Miquel, Gerard Padro i (2013). The value of democracy: evidence from road building in Kenya. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 045). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Burgess, Robin, Anand, Anisha (2013). Bihar growth model may bear fruit in other Indian states: Robin Burgess.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Das, Narayan, Burgess, Robin, Gulesci, Selim, Sulaiman, Munshi, Rasul, Imran (2013). Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor? (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 043). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Burgess, Robin (2009). Community networks and poverty reduction programmes: evidence from Bangladesh. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 015). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • 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
  • LSE
  • Balboni, Clare, Burgess, Robin, Olken, Benjamin A. (2025). Replication package for: The Origins and Control of Forest Fires in the Tropics. [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14947979
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Deserranno, Erika, Morel, Ricardo, Sulaiman, Munshi, Rasul, Imran (2022). Replication Data for: "Social Incentives, Delivery Agents, and the Effectiveness of Development Interventions". [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/t2wblk
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Balboni, Clare, Heil, Anton (2021). Replication Data for: 'Why Do People Stay Poor?'. [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/ppmeir
  • Burgess, Robin (2020). Targeting the ultra poor in Bangladesh, household survey 2014. [Dataset]. UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-854138
  • Burgess, Robin, Padró i Miquel, Gerard, Miguel, Edward, Jedwab, Remi, Morjaria, Ameet (2016). The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya. [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/phddmd
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin (2010). Land reform, poverty reduction and growth: Evidence from India [Dataset]. [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/jwrhck
  • Burgess, Robin, Besley, Tim (2010). The political economy of government responsiveness: Theory and evidence from India [Dataset]. [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/rmhj5k
  • Burgess, Robin, Besley, Timothy (2010). Can labour regulation hinder economic performance?: Evidence from India [Dataset]. [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/zzz8v7
  • Besley, Tim, Burgess, Robin (2010). Halving global poverty [dataset]. [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/7hsyhy
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin (2003). Can labor regulation hinder economic performance : evidence from India. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin (2003). Halving global poverty. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin (2002). Can labour regulation hinder economic performance: evidence from India. (CEPR discussion paper no. 3260). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Burgess, Robin, Zhuang, J (2002). Modernization and son preference in People''s Republic of China. (ERD working paper series). Asian Development Bank.
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin (2001). Political agency, government responsiveness and the role of the media. European Economic Review, 45(04-Jun), 629-640.
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin (2001). The political economy of government responsiveness : theory and evidence from India. (CEPR discussion paper ; no. 2721). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Burgess, Robin, Howes, S, Stern, N (1995). Value-added tax options for India. International Tax and Public Finance, 2(1), 109-141.
  • Aghion, Philippe, Blanchard, O, Burgess, Robin (1994). The behaviour of state firms in Eastern Europe, pre-privatisation. European Economic Review, 38(6 SI), 1327-1361.
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Mayer, C (Dis.) (1993). Financing and development in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union - issues and institutional support. In Giovannini, A (Ed.), Finance and Development - Issues and Experience (pp. 303-342). Cambridge University Press.
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin (1993). Financing in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union : issues and institutional support. In Das, D K (Ed.), International Finance - Contemporary Issues (pp. 101-128). Routledge.
  • Burgess, Robin (1993). Public revenue without taxation. Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers Ltd.
  • Burgess, Robin, Stern, NH (1992). Taxation and development. (Development Economics Research Programme ; DEP/42). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Fitoussi, JP, Messerlin, PA (1992). Towards the establishment of a continental European Customs Union. In Flemming, J, Rollo, J M C (Eds.), Trade, Payments and Adjustment in Central and Eastern Europe (pp. 157-180). Royal Institute of International Affairs.
  • Burgess, Robin, Stern, Nicholas (1989). Social security in developing countries : what, why, who and how? (Development economics research programme discussion paper DEP/23). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • STICERD
  • Greenstone, Michael, Burgess, Robin, Ryan, Nicholas, Sudarshan, Anant (2016). Let them buy light in rural Bihar.
  • Burgess, Robin (2015). Tackling extreme poverty: in conversation with Robin Burgess.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Goldstein, Markus, Buehren, Niklas, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi (2014). Women’s empowerment in action: evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 50). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Rasul, Imran (2014). Creating entrepreneurs: a big new idea in development.
  • Burgess, Robin, Miguel, Edward, Jedwab, Remi, Morjaria, Ameet, Miquel, Gerard Padro i (2013). The value of democracy: evidence from road building in Kenya. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 045). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Burgess, Robin, Anand, Anisha (2013). Bihar growth model may bear fruit in other Indian states: Robin Burgess.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Das, Narayan, Burgess, Robin, Gulesci, Selim, Sulaiman, Munshi, Rasul, Imran (2013). Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor? (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 043). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • 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
  • Burgess, Robin, Hansen, Matthew, Olken, Benjamin, Sieber, Stefanie (2012). The political economy of deforestation in the tropics. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127(4), 1707-1754. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjs034
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi (2011-02-02) Can entrepreneurship programs transform the economic lives of the poor? [Other]. Growth Week 2010, Belfast, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Burgess, Robin, Hansen, Matthew, Olken, Benjamin, Sieber, Stefanie (2010). The political economy of deforestation in the tropics. The University of Warwick.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Goldstein, Markus, Rasul, Imran, Burgess, Robin, Gulesci, Selim, Sulaiman, Munshi (2010). Intentions to participate in adolescent training programs: evidence from Uganda. Journal of the European Economic Association, 8(2-3), 548-560. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-4774.2010.tb00525.x
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Burgess, Robin (2009). Community networks and poverty reduction programmes: evidence from Bangladesh. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 015). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Burgess, Robin, Deschenes, Olivier, Donaldson, Dave, Greenstone, Michael (2009). Weather and death in India: mechanisms and implications of climate change. CSAE, University of Oxford.
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Redding, Stephen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2008). The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the License Raj in India. American Economic Review, 98(4), 1397-1412. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.98.4.1397
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Redding, Stephen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2006). The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the License Raj in India. London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin, Donaldson, David (2006). Confronting global poverty: the role of institutions, expanding opportunities and market liberalization. EGDI Secretariat, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Aghion, Philippe, Burgess, Robin, Redding, Stephen, Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2005). The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the license Raj in India. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Burgess, Robin, Pande, Rohini (2005). Do rural banks matter? Evidence from the Indian social banking experiment. American Economic Review, 95(3), 780-795. https://doi.org/10.1257/0002828054201242
  • Burgess, Robin, Pande, Rohini, Wong, Grace (2005). Banking for the poor : evidence from India. Journal of the European Economic Association, 3(02-Mar), 268-278.
  • Burgess, Robin, Venables, Tony (2004). Towards a microeconomics of growth. (World Bank policy research working paper 3257). World Bank.
  • Burgess, Robin, Besley, Timothy (2004). Can labour regulation hinder economic performance?: evidence from India. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119(1), 91-134. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355304772839533
  • Burgess, Robin, Venables, Anthony J. (2004). Towards a microeconomics of growth. In Bourguignon, Francois, Pleskovic, Boris (Eds.), Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics: Accelerating Development (pp. 105-139). World Bank.
  • Burgess, Robin, Pande, Rohini (2003). Do rural banks matter? Evidence from the Indian social banking experiment. (Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 40 DEDPS/40). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Burgess, Robin, Besley, Tim (2003). Halving global poverty. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 17(3), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1257/089533003769204335
  • Besley, Timothy, Burgess, Robin (2002). Can labour regulation hinder economic performance? Evidence from India. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
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