Authors
Research Associate University of Bologna
Matthew is Associate Professor at the University of Bologna focusing on consumption and savings choices and how policy affects them.
Research Fellow University of Oxford
Hamish is the James Meade Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford, a Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College and a Research Fellow at IFS.
Research Fellow University of Michigan
Tom is a Research Fellow at IFS, a Research Professor for the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.
Journal article details
- Publisher
- Wiley Blackwell
- JEL
- E62, H31, E21, D91
- Issue
- April 2009
Suggested citation
T, Crossley and H, Low and M, Wakefield. (2009). 'The economics of a temporary VAT cut' (2009)
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