| Corruption and development: a review of issues P Bardhan Political Corruption, 321-338, 2017 | 4885 | 2017 |
| Decentralization of governance and development P Bardhan Journal of Economic perspectives 16 (4), 185-205, 2002 | 2787 | 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 | 2007 | 1999 |
| Capture and governance at local and national levels PK Bardhan, D Mookherjee American economic review 90 (2), 135-139, 2000 | 1447 | 2000 |
| Development microeconomics P Bardhan, C Udry OUP Oxford, 1999 | 1421 | 1999 |
| Sustainable democracy A Przeworski, PK Bardhan, L Kolarska-Bobińska, LCB Pereira, JJ Wiatr, ... Cambridge University Press, 1995 | 1191 | 1995 |
| Land, labor, and rural poverty: Essays in development economics PK Bardhan Columbia University Press, 1984 | 1048 | 1984 |
| Decentralisation and accountability in infrastructure delivery in developing countries P Bardhan, D Mookherjee The Economic Journal 116 (508), 101-127, 2006 | 855* | 2006 |
| The economic theory of agrarian institutions P Bardhan Clarendon Press, 1989 | 712 | 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 | 646 | 2000 |
| Credit markets and patterns of international trade K Kletzer, P Bardhan Journal of Development Economics 27 (1-2), 57-70, 1987 | 636 | 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 | 599 | 1973 |
| Decentralizing antipoverty program delivery in developing countries P Bardhan, D Mookherjee Journal of public economics 89 (4), 675-704, 2005 | 578 | 2005 |
| Interlocking factor markets and agrarian development: A review of issues PK Bardhan Oxford Economic Papers 32 (1), 82-98, 1980 | 495 | 1980 |
| Awakening giants, feet of clay P Bardhan Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay, 2012 | 456 | 2012 |
| The new institutional economics and development theory: a brief critical assessment P Bardhan World development 17 (9), 1389-1395, 1989 | 455 | 1989 |
| The success of India's democracy PK Bardhan Cambridge University Press, 2001 | 442 | 2001 |
| Decentralization and local governance in developing countries: A comparative perspective P Bardhan, D Mookherjee MIT press, 2006 | 440 | 2006 |
| Analytics of the institutions of informal cooperation in rural development P Bardhan World Development 21 (4), 633-639, 1993 | 433 | 1993 |
| Decentralization, corruption and government accountability P Bardhan, D Mookherjee International handbook on the economics of corruption 6 (1), 161-188, 2006 | 409 | 2006 |
