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Staff Biography
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Professor Robin BURGESS
Co-Director of EOPP and Professor, Department of Economics |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6676
Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 6951
Email: r.burgess@lse.ac.uk
STICERD
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Curriculum Vitae 
Personal WebSite 
Publications on LSE Research Online 
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Research Interests:
- Development economics
- Public economics
- Political economy
- Labour economics
- Environmental economics
Current Research Projects:
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What makes bureaucrats effective?
- Political Economy of deforestation in Indonesia
- Expanding Opportunity and the Ultra-Poor Program in Bangladesh
- Climate Change and Death in India
Selected Publications:
- The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
(with Philippe Aghion, Stephen Redding and Fabrizio Zilibotti). American Economic Review, 2008, 98:4
- Land Reform, Poverty and Growth: Evidence from India
with Tim Besley, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 105(2), 389-430, May 2000
- The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India
(with Tim Besley, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117(4), 2002
- Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India
(with Tim Belsey) Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119(1), 2004
- Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment
(with Rohini Pande) American Economic Review, 95(3), 2005
STICERD/CASE Publications:
- Women’s Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa
Oriana Bandiera,
Niklas Buehren,
Robin Burgess,
Markus Goldstein,
Selim Gulesci,
Imran Rasul,
Munshi Sulaiman,
March 2014
Paper No' EOPP 50:
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- The Value of Democracy:
Evidence from Road Building in Kenya
Robin Burgess,
Remi Jedwab,
Edward Miguel,
Ameet Morjaria,
Gerard Padro i Miquel,
August 2013
Paper No' EOPP 045:
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- Can Basic Entrepreneurship Transform the Economic Lives of the Poor?
Oriana Bandiera,
Robin Burgess,
Narayan Das,
Selim Gulesci,
Imran Rasul,
Munshi Sulaiman,
April 2013
Paper No' EOPP 043:
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- The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
Robin Burgess,
Matthew Hansen,
Benjamin Olken,
Peter Potapov,
Stefanie Sieber,
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April 2012
Paper No' EOPP 037:
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- Community Networks and Poverty
Reduction
Programmes: Evidence from Bangladesh
Oriana Bandiera,
Robin Burgess,
Selim Gulesci,
Imran Rasul,
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December 2009
Paper No' EOPP 015:
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- The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
Philippe Aghion,
Robin Burgess,
Stephen Redding,
Fabrizio Zilibotti,
June 2006
Paper No' CEPDP0728:
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- The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from
Dismantling the License Raj in India
Philippe Aghion,
Robin Burgess,
Stephen Redding,
F Zilibotti,
December 2005
Paper No' DEDPS 45:
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- Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment
Robin Burgess,
Rohini Pande,
August 2003
Paper No' DEDPS 40:
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- Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India
Timothy Besley,
Robin Burgess,
February 2002
Paper No' DEDPS 33:
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- Modernisation and Son Preference
Robin Burgess,
Juzhong Zhuang,
December 2000
Paper No' DEDPS 29:
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- The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India
Timothy Besley,
Robin Burgess,
December 2000
Paper No' DEDPS 28:
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- Does Inequality Mean Slow Growth?
Timothy Besley,
Robin Burgess,
February 1999
Paper No' CEPCP068:
- Land Reform, Poverty Reduction and Growth: Evidence from India
Timothy Besley,
Robin Burgess,
October 1998
Paper No' DEDPS 13:
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Paper copy now out of print.
- Prediction and Determination of Household Permanent Income
Ramses H. Abul Naga,
Robin Burgess,
November 1997
Paper No' DARP 032:
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