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Authors
CPP Co-Director
James is Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Economics at Manchester, working on broad issues in the economics of retirement, savings and health.
Associate Director
Anne is head of the tax and development group at IFS and an honorary faculty member at UCL. Her work focuses on tax policy in lower-income countries.
Journal article details
- DOI
- 10.1111/1475-5890.12343
- Publisher
- Wiley
- ISSN
- 0143-5671
- Issue
- Volume 44, Issue 3, September 2023, pages 1-3
Suggested citation
Banks, J and Brockmeyer, A. (2023). 'Symposium: tax equity around the world - introduction' , 44(3/2023), pp.1–3.
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