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Chapter 5 of the IFS Green Budget 2015.
Authors
![Carl Emmerson](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/Carl_Emmerson.jpg?itok=6jM06LTY)
Deputy Director
Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, an expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Gemma Tetlow
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Rowena Crawford
Book Chapter details
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
R, Crawford and C, Emmerson and G, Tetlow. (2015). 'Public finances: a dicey decade ahead?' London: Institute for Fiscal Studies
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