Business and investment

Levelling up

Collection

Our analysis of the government's announcements on levelling up.

4 February 2022

An initial IFS response to the government's Levelling Up White Paper

Comment

We respond to the government’s ‘Levelling Up White Paper' published today.

2 February 2022

IFS pre-release 'stress test' for the Levelling Up White Paper

Comment

New IFS research shows that regional inequalities have been very persistent, and that making a difference will take persistent focus over a long time.

1 February 2022

What you should be paying attention to in 2022

Podcast

As 2022 starts, we speak to four IFS experts and find out what we should be looking out for this year.

12 January 2022

Intertemporal income shifting and the taxation of business owner-managers

Working Paper

We show that the large responses of UK company owner-managers to personal taxes are due to intertemporal income shifting.

13 December 2021

Product market competition, creative destruction and innovation

Working Paper

We examine the economic analysis of the relationship between innovation and product market competition.

3 December 2021

Are small farms really more productive than large farms?

Working Paper

This paper shows that using yields may not be informative of the relationship between farm size & productivity in the context of small-scale farming.

14 October 2021

SPECIAL: What should the Chancellor consider in his autumn budget?

Podcast

We look at the Chancellor's options for securing a lasting recovery and deliver on the government’s other objectives and priorities.

13 October 2021

Are business rates killing the high street?

Podcast

In this episode, we ask what effect business rates have on our high streets and whether they should be reformed.

28 April 2021

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The productivity problem

Podcast

In this episode, we ask why is a high-tech, developed economy like the UK struggling to be more productive?

24 March 2021

The economics of net zero

Podcast

This week we discuss the UK's commitment to achieving net zero by 2050, and the significant changes that will be required.

27 January 2021

Trade and informality in the presence of labor market frictions and regulations

Working Paper

We use counterfactual simulations to understand how trade affects economic outcomes in the presence of informality.

21 January 2021

The potential consequences of Brexit

Podcast

In this episode we look at how the significant change in our trading relationship with Europe will affect the UK.

12 August 2020

Sharing prosperity? Options and issues for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund

Report

European Structural and Investment (ESI) funds help to pay for initiatives supporting business development, research and development, investment in digital and green infrastructure, as well skills and training interventions and support for job-seekers. But with the UK having formally departed the European Union, the country will stop receiving new ESI funding at the end of 2020. Thus, for 2021 and beyond, the UK government faces choices over what to replace ESI funding with.

13 July 2020

Investment, infrastructure and levelling up

Podcast

What is investment spending? Why is investment so much lower now than it was 40 or 50 years ago?

9 July 2020

COVID-19 support through the business rates system: how does the pattern of support vary across England?

Report

We analyse the schemes put in place to help otherwise viable businesses survive the coronavirus crisis.

13 June 2020

The impact of COVID‐19 on share prices in the UK

Journal article

The spread of COVID‐19, and international measures to contain it, are having a major impact on economic activity in the UK. In this paper, we describe how this impact has varied across industries, using data on share prices of firms listed on the London Stock Exchange, and how well targeted government support for workers and companies is in light of this.

1 June 2020

Getting people back into work

Podcast

In this episode we ask how can the UK government get people back to work as Covid-19 restrictions ease?

20 May 2020

The impact of COVID-19 on share prices in the UK

Report

The spread of COVID-19, and international measures to contain it, are having a major impact on economic activity in the UK. In this observation we describe how this impact has varied across industries using data on share prices of firms listed on the London Stock Exchange, and how well targeted government support for workers and companies is in light of this.

27 March 2020

Have R&D spillovers declined in the 21st century?

Journal article

Slow growth over the last decade has prompted policy attention towards increasing R&D spending, often via the tax system.

21 February 2020

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Levelling up

An initial IFS response to the government's Levelling Up White Paper

IFS pre-release 'stress test' for the Levelling Up White Paper

What you should be paying attention to in 2022

Intertemporal income shifting and the taxation of business owner-managers

Product market competition, creative destruction and innovation

Are small farms really more productive than large farms?

SPECIAL: What should the Chancellor consider in his autumn budget?

Are business rates killing the high street?

The productivity problem

The economics of net zero

Trade and informality in the presence of labor market frictions and regulations

The potential consequences of Brexit

Sharing prosperity? Options and issues for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund

Investment, infrastructure and levelling up

COVID-19 support through the business rates system: how does the pattern of support vary across England?

The impact of COVID‐19 on share prices in the UK

Getting people back into work

The impact of COVID-19 on share prices in the UK

Have R&D spillovers declined in the 21st century?

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