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Authors

Carl Emmerson
Carl Emmerson

Deputy Director

Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, is expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.

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John Hall

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Michael Ridge

Working Paper details

DOI
10.1920/wp.ifs.1998.9805
Publisher
IFS

Suggested citation

C, Emmerson and J, Hall and M, Ridge. (1998). The impact of expenditure limitations on local government spending: evidence from the United Kingdom. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/impact-expenditure-limitations-local-government-spending-evidence-united-kingdom (accessed: 13 May 2024).

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