Rachel is Research Director of the IFS and Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP). She is Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester, a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Economic Association and a Research Fellow of CEPR. Rachel won the Birgit Grodal award in 2014, was awarded a CBE in for services to economic policy in 2015 and was made a Dame for services to economic policy and education in 2021. Her research considers the relationship between government policy and economic performance. Her specific interests relate to empirical industrial organisation, the retail food sector, nutrition, innovation, productivity and corporate tax.
Education
PhD Economics, Keele University, 1999
MSc Econometrics and Forecasting, City of London Polytechnic, 1991
BA (Magna cum Laude) Economics, University of Massachussets , 1985
This note presents a brief analysis of the tax systems currently in place and considers what issues should be of concern in setting tax policy in the future.
A long-standing concern surrounding the performance of the UK economy is its perceived failure to maintain the same technological pace as its competitors.
Proceedings of the IFS conference held on 24 June examining the possible solution to surplusAdvance Corporation Tax suggested by the Chancellor in his March 1993 Budget Speech.
