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<p>Dimensions of Tax Design brings together a high-profile group of more than fifty international experts and younger researchers. It consists of a set of thirteen commissioned studies which draw on the latest thinking in each area. These are supplemented by expert commentaries to provide a wide range of views and ideas.</p>
Authors

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.

Queen's University, Ontario

Pump Court Chambers, STEP, CIOT
Book Chapter details
- ISBN
- 978-0-19-955375-4
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
Suggested citation
R, Boadway and E, Chamberlain and C, Emmerson. (2010). 'Taxation of wealth and wealth transfers'
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