| Corruption and development: a review of issues P Bardhan Political corruption, 321-338, 2017 | 5380 | 2017 |
| Decentralization of governance and development P Bardhan Journal of Economic perspectives 16 (4), 185-205, 2002 | 3135 | 2002 |
| The Political Economy of Development in India: Expanded edition with an epilogue on the political economy of reform in India P Bardhan OUP Catalogue, 1999 | 2174 | 1999 |
| Capture and governance at local and national levels P Bardhan, D Mookherjee American economic review 90 (2), 135-139, 2000 | 1601 | 2000 |
| Development microeconomics P Bardhan, C Udry OUP Oxford, 1999 | 1537 | 1999 |
| Sustainable democracy A Przeworski Cambridge University Press, 1995 | 1320 | 1995 |
| Land, labor, and rural poverty: Essays in development economics PK Bardhan Columbia University Press, 1984 | 1099 | 1984 |
| Decentralisation and accountability in infrastructure delivery in developing countries P Bardhan, D Mookherjee The Economic Journal 116 (508), 101-127, 2006 | 969* | 2006 |
| The economic theory of agrarian institutions P Bardhan Clarendon Press, 1989 | 770 | 1989 |
| Irrigation and cooperation: An empirical analysis of 48 irrigation communities in South India P Bardhan Economic Development and cultural change 48 (4), 847-865, 2000 | 699 | 2000 |
| Credit markets and patterns of international trade K Kletzer, P Bardhan Journal of Development Economics 27 (1-2), 57-70, 1987 | 699 | 1987 |
| Size, productivity, and returns to scale: An analysis of farm-level data in Indian agriculture PK Bardhan Journal of political Economy 81 (6), 1370-1386, 1973 | 649 | 1973 |
| Decentralizing antipoverty program delivery in developing countries P Bardhan, D Mookherjee Journal of public economics 89 (4), 675-704, 2005 | 642 | 2005 |
| Interlocking factor markets and agrarian development: A review of issues PK Bardhan Oxford Economic Papers 32 (1), 82-98, 1980 | 548 | 1980 |
| Scarcity, conflicts, and cooperation: essays in the political and institutional economics of development P Bardhan MIT press, 2004 | 517 | 2004 |
| Decentralization and local governance in developing countries: A comparative perspective P Bardhan, D Mookherjee MIT press, 2006 | 503 | 2006 |
| The new institutional economics and development theory: A brief critical assessment P Bardhan World development 17 (9), 1389-1395, 1989 | 502 | 1989 |
| Analytics of the institutions of informal cooperation in rural development P Bardhan World Development 21 (4), 633-639, 1993 | 483 | 1993 |
| Awakening giants, feet of clay: Assessing the economic rise of China and India P Bardhan Princeton University Press, 2012 | 480 | 2012 |
| Decentralization, corruption and government accountability P Bardhan, D Mookherjee International handbook on the economics of corruption 6 (1), 161-188, 2006 | 458 | 2006 |
