Publications
Below is a list of my journal articles, plus selected other publications.
A full list of publications can be found in my cv (pdf).
Journal Articles
12, Consumption Responses to a Large Shock to Financial Wealth: Evidence from Italy,
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, forthcoming
(with Renata Bottazzi and Serena Trucchi)
[An online appendix is available here]
11, First-time House Buying and Catch-up: A Cohort Study,
Economica, 2015, S1, pp. 1021-1047,
(with Renata Bottazzi and Tom Crossley)
[An online appendix is available here]
10, Modelling the demand for housing over the life cycle,
Review of Economic Dynamics, 2012, 15(1), pp. 1-18,
(with Orazio Attanasio, Renata Bottazzi, Hamish Low and Lars Nesheim)
[An online appendix including computer code is available here]
9, Do House Prices Drive Consumption Growth? The Coincident Cycles of House Prices and Consumption in the UK,
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9(3), pp. 399-435,
(with Orazio Attanasio and Andrew Leicester)
8, Tax Reform and Retirement Saving Incentives: take-up of Stakeholder Pensions in the U.K.
Economica, 2010, 77, pp. 213-233,
(with Richard Disney and Carl Emmerson)
7, The Economics of a Temporary VAT cut,
Fiscal Studies, 2009, 30(1), pp. 3-16,
(with Tom Crossley and Hamish Low)
6, Pension Provision and Retirement Saving: Lessons from the United Kingdom,
Canadian Public Policy – Analyse de politiques, 2008, 34(s1), pp. 155-176,
(with Richard Disney e Carl Emmerson)
5, Ill health and retirement in Britain, a panel-data based analysis,
Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25(4), pp. 621-49
(with Richard Disney and Carl Emmerson)
4, Effectiveness of tax incentives to boost (retirement) saving: theoretical motivation and empirical evidence,
OECD Economic Studies, 2005, 39, pp.145-167
(with Orazio P. Attanasio e James Banks)
3, Increasing support for those on lower-incomes: Is the Saving Gateway the best policy response?,
Fiscal Studies, 2003, 24(2), pp.167-195,
(with Carl Emmerson)
2, Social security in the UK under new Labour: what did the third way mean for welfare reform?,
Fiscal Studies, 2002, 23(4), pp. 505-537,
(with Mike Brewer and Tom Clark)
1, Pension Reform and Saving in Britain,
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2001, 17(1), pp. 70-94,
(with Richard Disney e Carl Emmerson)
Book Chapters
3, "The Effects on Consumption and Saving of Taxing Asset Returns",
2010, pp. 675-736 (ch 7) of Mirrlees, Sir James, S. Adam, T. Besley, R. Blundell, S. Bond, R. Chote, M. Gammie, P. Johnson, G. Myles, J. Poterba (eds.), "Dimensions of Tax Design: The Mirrlees Review", Oxford University Press, ISBN: 978-0-19-955375-4,
(with Orazio Attanasio).
2, "Public policy and retirement saving incentives in the United Kingdom",
2008, in DeMenils, G., P. Pestieau and R. Fenge (eds.), Strategies for Pension Reform, MIT Press,
(with Woojin Chung, Richard Disney e Carl Emmerson).
1, "Stockholding in the United Kingdom",
2003, in Guiso, Luigi, Michael Haliassos and Tullio Jappelli (eds.), Stockholding in Europe, pp.200-218 (chapter 8), Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan,
(with James Banks).
Selected Other Publications
10, How do housing price booms and busts affect home ownership for different birth cohorts?,
2010, NHPAU / IFS Research Report, http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/507390/pdf/1473629.pdf,
(with Renata Bottazzi and Tom Crossley)
9, Amounts and accounts: reforming private pension enrolment,
2009, IFS Commentary 110, http://www.ifs.org.uk/comms/comm110.pdf,
(with Carl Emmerson)
8, How much do we tax the return to saving?,
2009, IFS Briefing Note 82, http://www.ifs.org.uk/bns/bn82.pdf.
7, Consumption and Saving Decisions in the face of Choices about Housing and Pensions,
2009, UCL Doctoral dissertation, http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/15813/1/15813.pdf
6, "The distributional effects of tax and benefit reforms since 1997",
2005, pp. 119-137 (chapter 7) of Chote, Robert, Carl Emmerson, David Miles e Zoë Oldfield (eds.), The IFS Green Budget, January 2005, London: The Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2005, http://www.ifs.org.uk/budgets/gb2005/05chap7.pdf,
(with Stuart Adam)
5, Book Review: Review of: "Forced Saving: Mandating Private Retirement Incomes", by Hazel Bateman, G. Kingston e J. Piggott, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0013-0427.2004.384_5.x/full
2004, Economica 71(283), pp.512-513.
4, Is middle Britain middle-income Britain?,
2003, The Institute for Fiscal Studies, Briefing Note 38, http://www.ifs.org.uk/pensions/bn38.pdf.
3, "The distributional effects of fiscal reforms since 1997",
2003, pp. 112-128 (chapter 9) of Chote, Robert, Carl Emmerson and Helen Simpson (eds.), The IFS Green Budget, January 2003, London: The Institute for Fiscal Studies, http://www.ifs.org.uk/budgets/gb2003/ch9.pdf,
(with Stephen Bond)
2, The Saving Gateway and the Child Trust Fund: Is asset-based welfare ‘well fair’?
2001, The Institute for Fiscal Studies, Commentary 85, http://www.ifs.org.uk/pensions/abw.pdf,
(with Carl Emmerson)
1, Labour Supply and Policy Implications when Work Becomes a Habit,
2000, M.Phil thesis, University of Oxford, Dept. of Economics, (available on request).