Robin Burgess

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• London School of Economics (LSE) / Economics Department (weight: 90%)
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• London School of Economics (LSE) / Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) (weight: 6%)
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• Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (weight: 4%)
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Research profile

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• Can Openness Mitigate the Effects of Weather Shocks? Evidence from India's Famine Era
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2010)
  by Robin Burgess & Dave Donaldson
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:100:y:2010:i:2:p:449-53)
• The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015)
  by Robin Burgess & Remi Jedwab & Edward Miguel & Ameet Morjaria & Gerard Padró i Miquel
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:105:y:2015:i:6:p:1817-51)
• Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2005)
  by Robin Burgess & Rohini Pande
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:95:y:2005:i:3:p:780-795)
• The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2008)
  by Philippe Aghion & Robin Burgess & Stephen J. Redding & Fabrizio Zilibotti
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:98:y:2008:i:4:p:1397-1412)
• Taxation and Development
  Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (1993)
  by Burgess, Robin & Stern, Nicholas
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jeclit:v:31:y:1993:i:2:p:762-830)
• Halving Global Poverty
  Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2003)
  by Timothy Besley & Robin Burgess
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jecper:v:17:y:2003:i:3:p:3-22)
• Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment
  The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK (2004)
  by Robin Burgess & Rohini Pande
  (ReDIF-paper, bri:cmpowp:04/104)
• The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
  CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2006)
  by Philippe Aghion & Robin Burgess & Stephen Redding & Fabrizio Zilibotti
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:cepdps:dp0728)
• Prediction and Determination of Household Permanent Income
  STICERD - Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (1997)
  by Ramses H. Abul Naga & Robin Burgess
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:stidar:32)
• Land Reform, Poverty Reduction and Growth: Evidence from India
  STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (1998)
  by Timothy Besley & Robin Burgess
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:stidep:13)
• The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India
  STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2000)
  by Timothy Besley & Robin Burgess
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:stidep:28)
• Modernisation and Son Preference
  STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2000)
  by Robin Burgess & Juzhong Zhuang
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:stidep:29)
• Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India
  STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2002)
  by Timothy Besley & Robin Burgess
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:stidep:33)
• Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment
  STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2003)
  by Robin Burgess & Rohini Pande
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:stidep:40)
• The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence fromDismantling the License Raj in India
  STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2005)
  by Philippe Aghion & Robin Burgess & Stephen Redding & F Zilibotti
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:stidep:45)
• Community Networks and PovertyReductionProgrammes: Evidence from Bangladesh
  STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2009)
  by Oriana Bandiera & Robin Burgess & Selim Gulesci & Imran Rasul
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:stieop:015)
• The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
  STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2012)
  by Robin Burgess & Matthew Hansen & Benjamin Olken & Peter Potapov & Stefanie Sieber
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:stieop:037)
• Can Basic Entrepreneurship Transform the Economic Lives of the Poor?
  STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2013)
  by Oriana Bandiera & Robin Burgess & Narayan Das & Selim Gulesci & Imran Rasul & Munshi Sulaiman
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:stieop:043)
• The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya
  STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2013)
  by Robin Burgess & Remi Jedwab & Edward Miguel & Ameet Morjaria & Gerard Padro i Miquel
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:stieop:045)
• The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2001)
  by Besley, Tim
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:2721)
• Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2002)
  by Besley, Tim
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:3260)
• Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004)
  by Pande, Rohini
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:4211)
• The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006)
  by Aghion, Philippe & Zilibotti, Fabrizio & Redding, Stephen
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:5492)
• The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012)
  by Olken, Benjamin & Sieber, Stefanie & Hansen, Matthew & Potapov, Peter
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:9020)
• The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013)
  by Miguel, Edward & Padró i Miquel, Gerard & Morjaria, Ameet & Jedwab, Remi
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:9627)
• Women's empowerment in action: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa
  CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2014)
  by Oriana Bandiera & Niklas Buehren & Robin Burgess & Markus Goldstein & Selim Gulesci & Imran Rasul & Munshi Sulaiman
  (ReDIF-paper, csa:wpaper:2014-30)
• The behaviour of state firms in eastern Europe, pre-privatisation
  European Economic Review, Elsevier (1994)
  by Aghion, Philippe & Blanchard, Olivier & Burgess, Robin
  (ReDIF-article, eee:eecrev:v:38:y:1994:i:6:p:1327-1349)
• Political agency, government responsiveness and the role of the media
  European Economic Review, Elsevier (2001)
  by Besley, Timothy & Burgess, Robin
  (ReDIF-article, eee:eecrev:v:45:y:2001:i:4-6:p:629-640)
• Land reform, poverty reduction and growth : evidence from India
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1998)
  by Besley, Timothy & Burgess, Robin
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:2018)
• Modernisation and son preference
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2000)
  by Burgess, Robin & Zhuang, Juzhong
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:2115)
• Prediction and determination of household permanent income
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1997)
  by Abul Naga, Ramses H. & Burgess, Robin
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:2143)
• Do rural banks matter? Evidence from the Indian social banking experiment
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2003)
  by Burgess, Robin & Pande, Rohini
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:2244)
• The political economy of government responsiveness: theory and evidence from India
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2000)
  by Besley, Timothy & Burgess, Robin
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:2308)
• Mass media and political accountability
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2002)
  by Besley, Timothy & Burgess, Robin & Pratt, Andrea
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:35988)
• The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the license Raj in India
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2005)
  by Aghion, Philippe & Burgess, Robin & Redding, Stephen & Zilibotti, Fabrizio
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:3690)
• The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the License Raj in India
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2006)
  by Aghion, Philippe & Burgess, Robin & Redding, Stephen & Zilibotti, Fabrizio
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:3773)
• Can labour regulation hinder economic performance? Evidence from India
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2002)
  by Besley, Timothy & Burgess, Robin
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:3779)
• Can openness to trade reduce income volatility? Evidence from colonial India's famine era
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2012)
  by Burgess, Robin & Donaldson, Dave
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:54255)
• Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor?
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013)
  by Bandiera, Oriana & Das, Narayan & Burgess, Robin & Gulesci, Selim & Sulaiman, Munshi & Rasul, Imran
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:58032)
• Community networks and poverty reduction programmes: evidence from Bangladesh
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2009)
  by Bandiera, Oriana & Gulesci, Selim & Rasul, Imran & Burgess, Robin
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:58054)
• The value of democracy: evidence from road building in Kenya
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015)
  by Burgess, Robin & Jedwab, Remi & Miguel, Edward & Morjaria, Ameet & Padró i Miquel, Gerard
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:61947)
• The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
  Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2012)
  by Robin Burgess & Matthew Hansen & Benjamin Olken & Peter Potapov & Stefanie Sieber
  (ReDIF-paper, ess:wpaper:id:4963)
• Entry Liberalization and Inequality in Industrial Performance
  Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2005)
  by Zilibotti, Fabrizio & Redding, Stephen & Burgess, Robin & Aghion, Philippe
  (ReDIF-paper, hrv:faseco:4481508)
• The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
  Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2008)
  by Zilibotti, Fabrizio & Redding, Stephen & Burgess, Robin & Aghion, Philippe
  (ReDIF-paper, hrv:faseco:4554127)
• Can Basic Entrepreneurship Transform the Economic Lives of the Poor?
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013)
  by Bandiera, Oriana & Burgess, Robin & Das, Narayan & Gulesci, Selim & Rasul, Imran & Sulaiman, Munshi
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp7386)
• Value-added tax options for India
  International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance (1995)
  by Robin Burgess & Stephen Howes & Nicholas Stern
  (ReDIF-article, kap:itaxpf:v:2:y:1995:i:1:p:109-141)
• Prediction and Determination of Household Permanent Income
  Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie (1997)
  by Ramses ABUL NAGA & Robin BURGESS
  (ReDIF-paper, lau:crdeep:9705)
• The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
  GRI Working Papers, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (2012)
  by Robin Burgess & Matthew Hansen & Benjamin Olken & Peter Potapov & Stefanie Sieber
  (ReDIF-paper, lsg:lsgwps:wp79)
• The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
  by Philippe Aghion & Robin Burgess & Stephen Redding & Fabrizio Zilibotti
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:12031)
• The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Robin Burgess & Matthew Hansen & Benjamin A. Olken & Peter Potapov & Stefanie Sieber
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:17417)
• The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Robin Burgess & Remi Jedwab & Edward Miguel & Ameet Morjaria & Gerard Padró i Miquel
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19398)
• Wilderness Conservation and the Reach of the State: Evidence from National Borders in the Amazon
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Robin Burgess & Francisco J.M. Costa & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:24861)
• Social Proximity and Bureaucrat Performance: Evidence from India
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Guo Xu & Marianne Bertrand & Robin Burgess
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:25389)
• Bureaucracy and Development
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Timothy J. Besley & Robin Burgess & Adnan Khan & Guo Xu
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:29163)
• Why do people stay poor?
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Clare A. Balboni & Oriana Bandiera & Robin Burgess & Maitreesh Ghatak & Anton Heil
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:29340)
• The Economics of Tropical Deforestation
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Clare A. Balboni & Aaron Berman & Robin Burgess & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31410)
• The Search for Good Jobs: Evidence from a Six-year Field Experiment in Uganda
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Oriana Bandiera & Vittorio Bassi & Robin Burgess & Imran Rasul & Munshi Sulaiman & Anna Vitali
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31570)
• The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press (2012)
  by Robin Burgess & Matthew Hansen & Benjamin A. Olken & Peter Potapov & Stefanie Sieber
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:127:y:2012:i:4:p:1707-1754)
• The Unequal Effects of Trade Liberalization: Theory and Evidence from India
  2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2004)
  by F. Zilibotti & P. Aghion & R. Burgess
  (ReDIF-paper, red:sed004:40)
• Banking for the Poor: Evidence From India
  Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2005)
  by Robin Burgess & Rohini Pande & Grace Wong
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:jeurec:v:3:y:2005:i:2-3:p:268-278)
• Entry Liberalization and Inequality in Industrial Performance
  Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2005)
  by Philippe Aghion & Robin Burgess & Stephen Redding & Fabrizio Zilibotti
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:jeurec:v:3:y:2005:i:2-3:p:291-302)
• Intentions to Participate in Adolescent Training Programs: Evidence from Uganda
  Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2010)
  by Oriana Bandiera & Robin Burgess & Markus Goldstein & Selim Gulesci & Imran Rasul & Munshi Sulaiman
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:jeurec:v:8:y:2010:i:2-3:p:548-560)
• Benchmarking government provision of social safety nets
  Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank (2003)
  by Timothy Besley & Robin Burgess & Imran Rasul
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:hdnspu:27870)
• Toward a microeconomics of growth
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2004)
  by Burgess, Robin & Venables, Anthony J.
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:3257)
• The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
  IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich (2007)
  by Philippe Aghion & Robin Burgess & Stephen Redding & Fabrizio Zilibotti
  (ReDIF-paper, zur:iewwpx:345)