Fiscal Studies

1980 - 2017

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Volume 24, month December, 2003

Who Will Pay for Long-Term Care in the UK? Projections Linking Macro- and Micro-Simulation Models pp. 387-426

Ruth Hancock, Adelina Comas-Herrera, Raphael Wittenberg and Linda Pickard

Simplicity versus fairness in means testing: the case of civil legal aid pp. 427-449

Alexy Buck and Graham Stark

Ownership and Production Costs: Choosing between Public Production and Contracting-Out in the Case of Swedish Refuse Collection pp. 451-476

Henry Ohlsson

Distributional Implications of Environmental Taxation in Denmark pp. 477-499

Henrik Klinge Jacobsen, Katja Birr-Pedersen and Mette Wier

The Performance of the Foreign-Owned Sector of UK Manufacturing: Some Evidence and Implications for UK Inward Investment Policy pp. 501-521

Max Munday, Michael Peel and Karl Taylor

Volume 24, month September, 2003

Fiscal Decentralisation and Economic Growth in High-Income OECD Countries pp. 237-274

Ulrich Thiessen

Comparing Investments in New Transport Infrastructure: Roads versus Railways? pp. 275-315

Luisa Affuso, Julian Masson and David M Newbery

Measuring Housing Subsidies: Distortionary and Distributional Effects in the Netherlands pp. 317-339

Harry Rele and Guido Steen

Tax Structures and FDI: The Deterrent Effects of Complexity and Uncertainty pp. 341-359

Kelly Edmiston, Shannon Mudd and Neven Valev

An Economic Analysis of the UK Landfill Permits Scheme pp. 361-381

Michael Barrow

Volume 24, month June, 2003

Symposium on Welfare Reform under the Labour Government: Part II pp. 120

Editorial Note

Social Security Design in the UK: What is optimal? pp. 121-151

James Sefton

Citizenship and Social Security pp. 153-166

Raymond Plant

Increasing support for those on lower incomes: is the Saving Gateway the best policy response? pp. 167-195

Carl Emmerson and Matthew Wakefield

Does privatisation matter? The long-term performance of British Telecom over 40 years pp. 197-234

Massimo Florio

Volume 24, month March, 2003

The Role of the Personal Tax System in Old-Age Support: A Survey of 15 Countries pp. 1-21

Gordon Keenay and Edward Whitehouse

The distribution of wealth of older self-employed Britons pp. 23-43

Simon Parker

The Distribution of Public Expenditure across the UK Regions pp. 45-71

Iain McLean and Alistair McMillan

Tax Amnesties and Income Tax Compliance: The Case of Spain pp. 73-96

Julio López-Laborda and Fernando Rodrigo

The analysis of welfare effects of an environmental product tax: an application to the taxation of car tyres in Hungary pp. 97-114

Ibon Galarraga and Anil Markandya

Volume 23, month December, 2002

Pot of gold or winner's curse? An event study of the auctions of 3G mobile telephone licences in the UK pp. 447-462

John Cable, Andrew Henley and Kevin Holland

The restructuring and privatisation of British Rail: was it really that bad? pp. 463-502

Michael Pollitt and Andrew Smith

Symposium on Welfare Reform under the Labour Government: Part I pp. 503-504

Editorial Note

Social security in the UK under New Labour: what did the Third Way mean for welfare reform? pp. 505-537

Mike Brewer, Tom Clark and Matthew Wakefield

Following or Leading Public Opinion? Social Security Policy and Public Attitudes Since 1997 pp. 539-558

John Hills

Gender implications of current social security reforms pp. 559-584

Fran Bennett

Volume 23, month September, 2002

Does an employer training levy work? The incidence of and returns to adult vocational training in France and Britain pp. 223-263

Christine Greenhalgh

The economic costs and benefits of UK defence exports pp. 305-342

Malcolm Chalmers, Neil Davies, Keith Hartley and Chris Wilkinson

Trends in British public investment pp. 305-352

Tom Clark, Michael Elsby and Sarah Love

Targeting fuel poverty in England: is the government getting warm? pp. 369-399

Tom Sefton

The Croatian profit tax: an ACE in practice pp. 401-418

Michael Keen and John King

Simplifying the personal income tax system: lessons from the 1998 Spanish reform pp. 419-443

Horacio Levy and Magda Mercador-Prats

Volume 23, month June, 2002

Left out in the cold? New energy tariffs, low-income households and the fuel poor pp. 167-194

Matthew Bennett, Cooke, D and Catherine Waddams-Price

A conceptual framework for understanding global and transnational public goods for health pp. 195-222

Todd Sandler and Daniel Arce

Should central government seek to control the level of local authority expenditures pp. 265-285

John Fender and Peter Watt

Accrual accounting and Australian fiscal policy pp. 287-300

Marc Robinson

Volume 23, month March, 2002

Unemployment and workers' compensation programmes: rationale, design, labour supply and income support pp. 1-49

Bruce Meyer

Targeting welfare in Italy: old problems and perspectives on reform pp. 51-75

Massimo Baldini, Stefano Toso and Paolo Bosi

The tax treatment of UK defined contribution pension schemes pp. 77-104

Philip Booth and Deborah Cooper

Local fiscal equalisation based on fiscal capacity: the case of Austria pp. 105-133

Martin Scheider

UK policy coordination: the importance of institutional design pp. 135-164

Ashok Bhundia and Gus O'Donnell

Volume 22, month December, 2001

Public and private spending for environmental protection: a cross-country policy analysis pp. 403-456

David Pearce and Charles Palmer

Indirect tax reform and the role of exemptions pp. 457-486.

John Creedy

Funding a PAYG pension system: the case of Italy pp. 487-526.

Lorenzo Forni and Raffaela Giordano

After the death of inflation: will fiscal drag survive? pp. 527-546.

Friedrich Heinemann

The distributional impact of social transfers in the European Union: evidence from the ECHP pp. 547-565.

Christopher Heady, Theo Mitrakos and Panos Tsakloglou

Volume 22, month September, 2001

Annuity markets and retirement security pp. 249-270.

James Poterba

A perspective on UK productivity performance pp. 271-306

Nicholas Crafts and Mary O'Mahony

The new economy: reality and policy pp. 307-336

John van Reenen

From micro to macro: public policies and aggregate economic performance pp. 357-374

Timothy Besley

Measuring the cost-effectiveness of an R&D tax credit for the UK pp. 375-399

Rachel Griffith, Stephen Redding and John van Reenen

Volume 22, month June, 2001

Expenditure on healthcare in the UK: a review of the issues pp. 151-183

Carol Propper

Symposium on regulation and competition in utility industries: introduction pp. 185-187

Melinda Acutt and Caroline Elliott

The development of competition in the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry pp. 189-215

John Sawkins

Regulatory reform in the UK gas market: the case of the storage auction pp. 217-232.

David Hawdon and Nicola Stevens

Yardstick and incentive issues in UK electricity distribution price controls pp. 233-247

Thomas Weyman-Jones

Volume 22, month March, 2001

What we spend and what we get: Public and private provision of crime prevention and criminal justice pp. 1-40

Ann Witte and Robert Witt

Redistributive effects of the shift from personal income taxes to indirect taxes: Belgium 1988-93 pp. 79-106

André Decoster and Guy Camp

The restructuring and privatisation of the electricity distribution and supply businesses in England pp. 107-146

Preetum Domah and Michael Pollitt

Volume 22, month January, 2001

Comparing in-work benefits and the reward to work for families with children in the US and the UK pp. 41-77

Mike Brewer

The internationalisation of UK research and development pp. 337-355

Nicholas Bloom and Rachel Griffith