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Why we need to reform inheritance tax
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We discuss the issues with inheritance tax and how to reform it.
6 December 2023
The Autumn Statement 2023 explained in 90 seconds
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Paul Johnson responds to Jeremy Hunt's 2023 Autumn Statement.
22 November 2023
Cake or biscuit? The UK's byzantine VAT system explained
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This week, we dive into the oddities of the VAT system.
16 November 2023
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Education spending: an engine for levelling-up?
event 11 December 2023
The launch of the 2023 IFS Annual Report on Education Spending in England, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Social mobility and wealth
conference 12 December 2023
At this in-person event, IFS researchers will share findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.
Where next for the state pension?
event 13 December 2023
At this online event, IFS researchers will present findings from a major new report on the future of the state pension in the UK.
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Business and investment

Our research covers a wide range of topics related to businesses and their investments, including firm productivity, innovation and research and development, the location of firms’ activities and the effects of tax, competition and other policies.

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Job creation, technological innovation and adjustment costs

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This paper compares the employment behaviour of innovative firms with those that are less technologically advanced.

1 January 1995

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Promoting R & D through tax incentives: an assessment of the arguments

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1 January 1995

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Dynamic count data models of technological innovation

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26 October 1994

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Innovations and market structure

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1 November 1993

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Knowledge stocks, persistent innovation and market dominance: evidence from a panel of British manufacturing firms

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26 October 1993

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Investment and Tobin's Q: evidence from company panel data

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1 January 1992

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Imperfect competition, work practices and productivity growth

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1 January 1991

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Privatising London's airports

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This report analyses the options for the privatisation of BAA in terms of economic efficiency.

1 January 1985

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Civil aviation policy and the privatisation of British Airways

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This report presents the results of the IFS project on the Regulation and Privatisation of British Airways.

1 January 1984

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The economic behaviour of local authorities

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The increasing relative size of the local government sector over the last thirty five years is reasonably well known.

26 July 1982