 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
Tim Besley and Ian Preston, February 2007,
Electoral bias and policy choice: theory and evidence,
IFS Working Papers
, W07/06
Now published:
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
Tim Besley and Ian Preston, January 2006,
Electoral bias and policy choice: theory and evidence,
IFS Working Papers
, W06/03
Tim Besley and Andrea Prat, March 2005,
Credible pensions,
Fiscal Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1, March 2005,
Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 119-135,
Journal Articles
Tim Besley and Abigail Payne, June 2003,
Judicial accountability and economic policy outcomes: evidence from employment discrimination charges,
IFS Working Papers
, W03/11
Tim Besley and Andrea Prat, June 2003,
Pension fund governance and the choice between defined benefit and defined contribution plans,
IFS Working Papers
, W03/09
Tim Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak, May 2003,
Incentives, choice and accountability in the provision of public services,
IFS Working Papers
, W03/08
Tim Besley, July 2002,
Political institutions and policy choices: evidence from the United States,
IFS Working Papers
, W02/13
Tim Besley, September 2001,
From micro to macro: public policies and aggregate economic performance,
Fiscal Studies, Vol. 22, No. 3, September 2001,
Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 357-374,
Journal Articles
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