Table of Contents

1: Stuart Adam, James Browne, and Christopher Heady: Taxation in the UK
Chris Evans: Commentary
2: Mike Brewer, Emmanuel Saez and Andrew Shephard: Means-testing and tax rates on earnings
Hilary Hoynes: Commentary
Guy Laroque: Commentary
Robert Moffitt: Commentary
3: Costas Meghir and David Phillips: Labour Supply and Taxes
4: Ian Crawford, Michael Keen and Stephen Smith: Value Added Tax and Excises
Richard Bird: Commentary
Sijbren Cnossen: Commentary
Ian Dickson and David White: Commentary
Jonathan Gruber: Commentary
5: Don Fullerton, Andrew Leicester and Stephen Smith: Environmental Taxes
Paul Johnson and Nicholas Stern: Commentary
Agnar Sandmo: Commentary
6: James Banks and Peter Diamond: The Base for Direct Taxation
Robert Hall: Commentary
John Kay: Commentary
Pierre Pestieau: Commentary
7: Orazio Attanasio and Matthew Wakefield: The Effects on Consumption and Saving of Taxing Asset Returns
8: Robin Boadway, Emma Chamberlain and Carl Emmerson: Taxation of Wealth and Wealth Transfers
Helmuth Cremer: Commentary
Martin Weale: Commentary
9: Alan Auerbach, Michael P. Devereux and Helen Simpson: Taxing Corporate Income
Harry Huizinga: Commentary
Jack Mintz: Commentary
10: Rachel Griffith, James Hines, and Peter Birch Sørensen: International Capital Taxation
Julian Alworth: Commentary
Roger Gordon and Jerry Hausman: Commentary
11: Claire Crawford and Judith Freedman: Small Business Taxation
12: Jonathan Shaw, Joel Slemrod and John Whiting: Administration and Compliance
John Hasseldine: Commentary
Richard Highfield: Commentary
Brian Mace: Commentary
13: James Alt, Ian Preston and Luke Sibieta: The Political Economy of Tax Policy
Peter Riddell: Commentary
Guido Tabellini: Commentary
Chris Wales: Commentary

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