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IFS Working Papers

Best nonparametric bounds on demand responses (with Richard Blundell and Martin Browning), October 2005, revised January 2007, 25 pp., cemmap Staff, W05/20.

Necessary and sufficient conditions for latent separability, June 2004, 5 pp., cemmap Staff, W04/17.

Variations in the price of foods and nutrients in the UK, October 2003, 23 pp, cemmap Staff, W03/19.

Testing the RPI data for consistency with the theory of the cost-of-living index (with Isabella Image), November 2002, 15 pp, cemmap Staff, W02/19.

Estimation of household demand systems with theoretically compatible Engel curves and unit value specifications (with François Laisney and Ian Preston), October 2002, 35 pp, cemmap Staff, W02/17.

Valuing quality (with Laura Blow), June 1999, 42 pp., cemmap Staff, W99/21.

A non-parametric bound on substitution bias in the UK retail prices index (with Laura Blow), May 1999, 36 pp., cemmap Staff, W99/15.

Nonparametric tests of stochastic dominance in bivariate distributions, with an application to UK data, in IFS, Working paper, January 1999, cemmap Staff, W99/28.

A quality-constant price index for new cars in the UK, 1986 to 1995 (with Laura Blow), October 1998, cemmap Staff, W98/12.

Non-parametric Engel curves and revealed preferences (with Richard Blundell and Martin Browning), May 1997, 48 pp., cemmap Staff, W97/14.

A revealed preference method for valuing new goods (with Laura Blow), January 1996, cemmap Staff, W96/10.

Estimation of household demand systems using unit value data (with Ian Preston and François Laisney), January 1996, cemmap Staff, W96/16.

Cross-border shopping and alcohol taxation: some theory and evidence (with Sarah Tanner), January 1995, cemmap Staff, W95/03.

A micro-model of the ownership and use of private cars, October 1993, cemmap Staff, W93/15.

Journal Articles

Best nonparametric bounds on demand responses (with Richard Blundell and Martin Browning), November 2008, Econometrica, Vol. 76, No. 6, pp. 1227-1262

[Previous version: October 2005, cemmap Working Papers CWP12/05].

The Retail Price Index and the Cost-of-Living Index: testing for consistency in theory and practice (with Isabella Image), March 2004, Fiscal Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1, February 2004, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 79-91.

Estimation of household demand systems with theoretically compatible Engel curves and unit value specifications (with François Laisney and Ian Preston), March 2003, Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 114, No. 2, pp. 221-241.

Nonparametric Engel curves and revealed preference (with Richard Blundell and Martin Browning), January 2003, Econometrica, Vol.71, No.1, pp. 205-240.

The cost of living with the RPI : substitution bias in the UK retail prices index (with Laura Blow), January 2001, Economic Journal, Vol. 111, p.F357-382.

Alcohol taxes, tax revenues and the Single European Market (with Sarah Tanner), September 1999, Fiscal Studies, Vol. 20, No. 3, September 1999, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 287-304.

Hangover from a sin tax (with Tanner, Sarah), November 1995.

Bringing it all back home: alcohol taxation and cross-border shopping (with Sarah Tanner), May 1995, Fiscal Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2, May 1995, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 94-114.

Fiscal instruments for air pollution abatement in road transport (with Smith, S), January 1995, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol.29, pp 33-51.

Regulation and redistribution in utilities (with Philip Burns and Andrew W Dilnot), January 1995, Fiscal Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4, November 1995, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 1-22.

The cost of living with the RPI, January 1995, Economic Review, Vol. 12, No.4, pp 38-40.

Funding the energy poor (with Andrew W Dilnot), January 1995, Energy Utilities, pp. 22-23.

UK household cost-of-living indices, 1979-92, January 1994, Fiscal Studies, Vol. 15, No. 4, November 1994, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 1-28.

The distributional aspects of environmental taxation (with Paul Baker), January 1992, Scottish Economic Bulletin, No. 46.

Book Chapters

Value added tax and excises (with Michael Keen and Stephen Smith), in Dimensions of Tax Design: the Mirrlees Review, J. Mirrlees, S. Adam, T. Besley, R. Blundell, S. Bond, R. Chote, M. Gammie, P. Johnson, G. Myles and J. Poterba (eds), April 2010.

A nonparametric bound on substitution bias in the UK Retail Prices Index (with Laura Blow), in Proceedings of the Measurement of Inflation Conference, January 2000.

UK household cost of living indices, 1979-1992, in New inequalities: the changing distribution of income and wealth in the United Kingdom, January 1996.

Separating distributional issues from utility charging : the impact of domestic fuel bills, income support and fiscal alternatives (with Andrew W Dilnot), in Access rights and affordability : the social agenda for regulation of utilities charging policy, January 1996.

Fiscal instruments for air pollution abatement in road transport (with Smith, S), in Transport in transition, January 1996.

Tax policy and the environmental costs of road transport (with Smith, S), in More key issues in tax reform, January 1995.

cemmap Working Papers

How demanding is the revealed preference approach to demand (with Tim Beatty), June 2010, CWP17/10.

A nonparametric analysis of habits models, December 2007, CWP30/07.

Best nonparametric bounds on demand responses (with Richard Blundell and Martin Browning), October 2005, revised January 2007, 25 pp., CWP12/05 [now published in Econometrica, Vol. 76, No. 6, pp. 1227-1262].

Nonparametric methods for the characteristic model (with Laura Blow and Martin Browning), December 2004, CWP18/04.

Necessary and sufficient conditions for latent separability, February 2004, 5 pp., CWP02/04.

IFS Commentaries

Distributional aspects of inflation (with Zoë Oldfield), June 2002, 35 pp, cemmap Staff, C090.

The distributional effects of taxes on private motoring (with Laura Blow), December 1997, 57 pp, cemmap Staff, C065.

Alcohol taxes and the Single Market (with Sarah Tanner), April 1995, 51 pp, cemmap Staff, C047.

UK household cost-of-living indices, 1979-1992, January 1994, cemmap Staff, C044.

Distributional aspects of the introduction of VAT on domestic energy (with Stephen Smith and Steven Webb), September 1993, 42 pp, cemmap Staff, C039.

IFS Briefing Notes

The distributional effects of the proposed London congestion charging scheme, October 2000, cemmap Staff, BN11.

External publications

A nonparametric method for valuing new goods (with Laura Blow), May 2002, ECB Working Paper No. 143.

IFS Press Releases

Simplify VAT to cut costs, raise revenue and help the poor, says study prepared for the Mirrlees Review (with Michael Keen and Stephen Smith), July 2008.