Facts and figures about UK taxes, benefits and public spending.
Income distribution, poverty and inequality.
Analysing government fiscal forecasts and tax and spending.
Analysis of the fiscal choices an independent Scotland would face.
Case studies that give a flavour of the areas where IFS research has an impact on society.
Reforming the tax system for the 21st century.
A peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing articles by academics and practitioners.
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Tim is Kuwait Professor of Economics and Political Science at the London School of Economics and a Research Fellow of IFS. He is Director of STICERD and Director of the Programme for the Study of Economic Organisation and Public Policy in STICERD. Tim is also a member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England.
All available publications
James Mirrlees, Stuart Adam, Tim Besley, Richard Blundell, Steve Bond, Robert Chote, Malcolm Gammie, Paul Johnson, Gareth Myles and James Poterba, September 2012,
The Mirrlees Review: A proposal for systematic tax reform,
vol. 65, no.3,
National Tax Journal,
Journal Articles
James Mirrlees, Stuart Adam, Tim Besley, Richard Blundell, Steve Bond, Robert Chote, Malcolm Gammie, Paul Johnson, Gareth Myles and James Poterba, September 2011,
The Mirrlees Review: conclusions and recommendations for reform,
Fiscal Studies, Vol. 32, No. 3, September 2011,
Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 331-359,
Wiley Blackwell,
Journal Articles
James Mirrlees, Stuart Adam, Richard Blundell, Tim Besley, Steve Bond, Robert Chote, Malcolm Gammie, Paul Johnson, Gareth Myles and James Poterba, September 2011,
Mirrlees Review of tax system published,
IFS Press Releases
James Mirrlees, Stuart Adam, Tim Besley, Richard Blundell, Steve Bond, Robert Chote, Malcolm Gammie, Paul Johnson, Gareth Myles and James Poterba, September 2011,
Tax by design,
Oxford University Press,
Books
Press release:
James Mirrlees, Stuart Adam, Richard Blundell, Tim Besley, Steve Bond, Robert Chote, Malcolm Gammie, Paul Johnson, Gareth Myles and James Poterba, September 2011,
Mirrlees Review of tax system published,
IFS Press Releases
James Mirrlees, Stuart Adam, Tim Besley, Richard Blundell, Steve Bond, Robert Chote, Malcolm Gammie, Paul Johnson, Gareth Myles and James Poterba, November 2010,
Mirrlees Review of tax system recommends radical changes ,
IFS Press Releases
Tim Besley and Hannes Mueller, September 2009,
Estimating the peace dividend: the impact of violence on house prices in Northern Ireland,
IFS Working Papers
, W09/18
Tim Besley, Neil Meads and Paolo Surico, February 2008,
Household external finance and consumption,
External publications
, Bank of England
Tim Besley and Ian Preston, November 2007,
Electoral bias and policy choice: theory and evidence,
Quarterly Journal of Economics,
Vol. 122, No. 4, pp. 1473-1510,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Tim Besley and Ian Preston, February 2007,
Electoral bias and policy choice: theory and evidence,
IFS Working Papers
, W07/06
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