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This presentation was given at the Public Economics UK (PEUK) conference 2016 in Pembroke College, Oxford on 8th September, by Richard Disney, IFS Research Fellow
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Research Fellow University of Sussex
Richard is an IFS Research Associate, a Part-time Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex and a Visiting Professor of Economics at UCL.

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- 10.1920/ps.ifs.2024.0587
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- IFS
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R, Crawford and R, Disney and P, Simpson. (2016). 'Understanding local police spending' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/understanding-local-police-spending (accessed: 31 October 2026).
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