Public finances: risks on tax, bigger risks on spending?
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Chapter 2 of the Green Budget 2014. Download data for chapter 2 figures.
The Green Budget 2014 has been funded by the Nuffield Foundation with support from the ESRC through the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at IFS.
Authors
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.
Rowena Crawford
Soumaya Keynes
Suggested citation
R, Crawford and C, Emmerson and S, Keynes. (2014). 'Public finances: risks on tax, bigger risks on spending? '
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