Dr Arun Advani

Research Fellow University of Warwick

Arun is a Research Fellow in TAXDEV at IFS, working on issues of tax administration in developing countries, as well as a Researcher in TARC studying tax compliance in the UK. Previously his work at IFS focused on environmental taxation and energy use. 

Arun is also an Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick. He has a PhD in Economics from University College London. From 2011-13 he was an Associate Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, where he taught microeconomics.

Education

PhD Economics, University College London, 2017

MRes (Distinction) Economics, University College London, 2011

MPhil (Distinction) Economics, University of Cambridge, 2010

BA (First Class Honours) Economics, University of Cambridge, 2009

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http://www.arunadvani.com/
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0000-0002-4131-0609

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Energy use policies and carbon pricing in the UK

Event 1 November 2013 at 09:30 <p>Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NQ</p>
Authors from the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at IFS, with the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE, will examine the effect of UK government policies on energy use and carbon pricing.
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Energy use policies and carbon pricing in the UK

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In the report (funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)) the researchers set out the policy landscape faced by UK energy users, show how the multitude of different policies create inconsistency and complexity, and suggest potential options for reform.

1 November 2013

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Reforms to household energy use policy

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In the report (funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)) the researchers set out the policy landscape faced by UK energy users, show how the multitude of different policies create inconsistency and complexity, and suggest potential options for reform.

1 November 2013

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Household energy use in Britain: a distributional analysis

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In this report, we show the effects of energy price rises over the recent past, look at what current policies mean for effective carbon prices and their impact on bills, and consider the distributional consequences of a more consistent approach to carbon pricing, alongside possible changes to the tax and benefit system that could mitigate these effects.

1 November 2013

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Environmental taxes

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Slides and Audio from the presentation given at the IFS Public Economics Lecture series, December 2012

17 December 2012

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Environmental taxes

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These slides were delivered as part of the IFS public economics lectures 2011.

13 December 2011

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Inconsistent and inefficient UK carbon prices

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The UN Climate Change Conference begins in Durban, South Africa, on the 28th November. One of its primary aims is to reach agreement on ways to reduce carbon emissions. Good policy is required to achieve reductions efficiently, including a consistent (preferably global) carbon price. However, a consistent price does not currently exist. Within the UK, there are a myriad of policies in place which create substantial divergences in effective carbon prices. We have some way to go to get the basics right for an efficient national policy; the global challenges will be much greater.

25 November 2011

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Hyping hypothecation: should green tax revenues be earmarked?

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Today the Environmental Audit Committee published a report focusing on the implications of Budget 2011 for environmental taxes. One of the key recommendations was that in order to 'build trust and acceptance of environmental taxes', consideration should be given to 'greater use of at least partial hypothecation of revenues from environmental taxes [for environmental ends].' We argue that earmarking revenues in this way would be at best meaningless and at worst inefficient, and that a case for increased green taxes ought to be argued on its own merits.

7 July 2011