| The Costs of Patronage: Evidence from the British Empire G Xu American Economic Review 108 (11), 1-30, 2018 | 351 | 2018 |
| The Glittering Prizes: Career Incentives and Bureaucrat Performance M Bertrand, R Burgess, A Chawla, G Xu Review of Economic Studies, 2020 | 281* | 2020 |
| Bureaucracy and development T Besley, R Burgess, A Khan, G Xu Annual Review of Economics 14 (1), 397-424, 2022 | 169 | 2022 |
| Ideology and performance in public organizations JL Spenkuch, E Teso, G Xu Econometrica 91 (4), 1171-1203, 2023 | 112 | 2023 |
| Confidence men? Evidence on confidence and gender among top economists H Sarsons, G Xu AEA Papers and Proceedings 111, 65-68, 2021 | 91* | 2021 |
| Organization of the state: home assignment and bureaucrat performance G Xu, M Bertrand, R Burgess The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 39 (2), 371-419, 2023 | 71* | 2023 |
| The costs of employment segregation: Evidence from the federal government under Woodrow Wilson A Aneja, G Xu The Quarterly Journal of Economics 137 (2), 911-958, 2022 | 69* | 2022 |
| Discretion and Destruction: Promotions, Performance, and Patronage in the Royal Navy J Voth, G Xu | 58* | |
| Who gives aid to whom and when? Aid accelerations, shocks and policies T Brück, G Xu European Journal of Political Economy 28 (4), 593-606, 2012 | 41 | 2012 |
| Rewarding Schooling Success and Perceived Returns to Education: Evidence from India S Sequeira, J Spinnewijn, G Xu Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 131 (A), 373-392, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
| Strengthening State Capacity: Postal Reform and Innovation during the Gilded Age A Aneja, G Xu mimeo, 2022 | 37* | 2022 |
| Bureaucratic representation and state responsiveness during times of crisis: The 1918 pandemic in india G Xu Review of Economics and Statistics 105 (2), 482-491, 2023 | 30 | 2023 |
| The Colonial Origins of Fiscal Capacity: Evidence from Patronage Governors G Xu Journal of Comparative Economics, 2019 | 30 | 2019 |
| A Glimpse of Freedom: Allied Occupation and Political Resistance in East Germany L Martinez, J Jessen, G Xu mimeo, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
| Growth Accelerations Revisited G Xu Econ Journal Watch 8 (1), 39-56, 2011 | 14 | 2011 |
| How Does Collective Reputation Affect Hiring? Selection and Sorting in an Online Labour Market G Xu STICERD-Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series, 2015 | 6 | 2015 |
| Encouraging Others: Punishment and Performance in the Royal Navy J Voth, G Xu mimeo, 2020 | 4 | 2020 |
| Beyond the War: Public Service and the Transmission of Gender Norms A Aneja, S Farina, G Xu National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bureaucracy G Xu, E Deserranno, D Moreira, E Teso VoxDevLit 8, 3, 2023 | 2 | 2023 |
| Closing Gender Gaps Through Workplace Diversity: The Intergenerational Effects of World War I A Aneja, S Farina, G Xu | | 2025 |
Robin BurgessProfessor of Economics, London School of EconomicsVerified email at lse.ac.uk