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Autumn Budget 2017: distributional analysis

  • Agnes Norris Keiller
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Published on 23 November 2017

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    This presentation is the appendix for Autumn Budget 2017: tax and benefit changes given at the IFS Autumn 2017 post-Budget briefing.

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      Norris Keiller, A and Waters, T. (2017). Autumn Budget 2017: distributional analysis. London: The IFS.

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