| World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone W Smith, M Hallward-Driemeier, G Clarke, RM Desai, T Irwin, R Messick, ... Oxford University Press, 2005 | 351* | 2005 |
| The Logic of Authoritarian Bargains RM Desai, A Olofsgård, TM Yousef Economics & Politics 21 (1), 93-125, 2009 | 269 | 2009 |
| After the spring: Economic transitions in the Arab world M Amin, R Assaad, N al-Baharna, K Dervis, RM Desai, NS Dhillon, ... OUP USA, 2012 | 180 | 2012 |
| Fiscal Federalism in Rentier Regions: Evidence from Russia RM Desai, L Freinkman, I Goldberg Journal of Comparative Economics 33, 814-834, 2005 | 148 | 2005 |
| Collective action and community development: Evidence from self-help groups in rural India RM Desai, S Joshi The World Bank Economic Review 28 (3), 492-524, 2014 | 146 | 2014 |
| Democracy, Inequality, and Inflation RM Desai, A Olofsgard, T Yousef American Political Science Review 97 (03), 391-406, 2003 | 135 | 2003 |
| Insurgency: the transformation of peasant rebellion R Desai, H Eckstein World Politics 42 (4), 441-465, 1990 | 117 | 1990 |
| The Costs of Political Influence: Firm-Level Evidence From Developing Countries RM Desai, A Olofsgard Quarterly Journal of Political Science 6 (2), 137-178, 2011 | 115 | 2011 |
| Fiscal federalism and regional growth: Evidence from the Russian Federation in the 1990s RM Desai, L Freinkman, I Goldberg Available at SSRN 461861, 2003 | 112 | 2003 |
| The political economy of financial repression in transition economies C Denizer, RM Desai, N Gueorguiev World Bank, 1998 | 81 | 1998 |
| Between state and market: Mass privatization in transition economies IW Lieberman, S Nestor, RM Desai World Bank Publications, 1997 | 80* | 1997 |
| Global Governance in a Multipolar World: The Case for Regional Monetary Funds RM Desai, JR Vreeland International Studies Review 13 (1), 109-121, 2011 | 79 | 2011 |
| The California consensus: can private aid end global poverty? RM Desai, H Kharas Survival 50 (4), 155-168, 2008 | 75 | 2008 |
| Trade, poverty, and social protection in developing countries RM Desai, N Rudra European Journal of Political Economy 2019 (60), 2019 | 71 | 2019 |
| The determinants of aid volatility RM Desai, H Kharas Brookings Institution, Global Economy and Develpment, 2010 | 69 | 2010 |
| What the new bank of BRICS is all about RM Desai, JR Vreeland The Washington Post 17, 2014, 2014 | 65 | 2014 |
| Can Producer Associations Improve Rural Livelihoods? Evidence from Farmer Centres in India RM Desai, S Joshi Journal of Development Studies 50 (1), 64-80, 2014 | 61 | 2014 |
| Inflation and inequality: does political structure matter? RM Desai, A Olofsgård, TM Yousef Economics Letters 87 (1), 41-46, 2005 | 48 | 2005 |
| The political advantage of soft budget constraints RM Desai, A Olofsgård European Journal of Political Economy 22 (2), 370-387, 2006 | 44 | 2006 |
| The Vicious Circles of Control: Regional Governments and Insiders in Privatized Russian Enterprises RM Desai, I Goldberg World Bank Publications, 2000 | 39 | 2000 |
Anders OlofsgårdStockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), Stockholm School of EconomicsVerified email at hhs.se
