- Taxation and Development, by Tim Besley and Torsten Persson
- Demand Versus Returns? Pro-Poor Targeting of Business Grants and Vocational Skills Training, by Karen Macours, Patrick Premand, and Renos Vakis
- Economics versus politics: The Pitfalls of Policy Advice, by Daron Acemoglu and Jim Robinson
- Financial Development in 205 Economies, 1960 to 2010, by Martin Čihák, Asli Demirgüč-Kunt, Erik Feyen, Ross Levine
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An Acemoglu paper? I hope I never have enough free time to read that…
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The Acemoglu & Robinson paper is light bedtime or commuting reading, forthcoming J.E.P.
Readers may be interested in the full contents of the Public Economic handbook, of which Besley & Persson is but one chapter.
1. Charitable Giving- Jim Andreoni
2. Behavioral Public Finance- Doug Bernheim
3. Public Finance and Development- Tim Besley
4. Social Insurance, Theory and Evidence- Raj Chetty & Amy Finkelstein
5. Dynamic Taxation- Peter Diamond & Ivan Werning
6. Urban Public Finance- Ed Glaeser
7. Tax Competition- Mick Keen & Kai Konrad
8. Wealth and Transfer Taxation- Wojciech Kopczuk
9. Optimal Labor Income Taxes and Transfers- Thomas Piketty & Emmanuel Saez