This book brings together articles from a series in Fiscal Stufies, each addressing a different area in public spending and policy. Some articles take an international perspective, whilst others concentrate on UK policy. The areas covered are pensions; healthcare; education; income support and welfare-to-work; crime prevention and criminal justice; defence; environmental protection; transport; the arts; and research and development.

Authors

Gareth Myles

Gareth Myles

Ian Preston
Ian Preston

Research Fellow University College London

Ian is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at UCL. He joined UCL in 1991 and has been attached to the IFS since 1990.

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David Miles

Book details

ISBN
978-0-19-926032-4
Publisher
Oxford University Press

Suggested citation

D, Miles and G, Myles and I, Preston. (2003). The economics of public spending. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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