This working paper describes how the IFS's model of the UK's long-run public finances (and those of its constituent nations) is constructed. Our model projects tax revenues, public spending and hence public borrowing and debt up to 2062-63. This is done for the UK as a whole and also separately...

Public Finance and Parliamentary Constitutionalism analyses constitutionalism and public finance (tax, expenditure, audit, sovereign borrowing and monetary finance) in Anglophone parliamentary systems of government. The book surveys the history of public finance law in the UK, its export...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PART I. REVENUE AND ADMINISTRATION -- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER II. THE EXECUTIVE -- CHAPTER III. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS -- CHAPTER IV. COLLECTION OF REVENUE -- CHAPTER V. THE CONSOLIDATED FUND -- CHAPTER VI. THE PAYMASTER-GENERAL -- CHAPTER VII. AUDIT AND...

"Most state and local retirement plans strive for full funding, at least by actuarial standards. Funding measured at market values fluctuates and often falls short. A common argument for full funding is that pensions are a form of deferred compensation that does not justify a debt. The paper...

1. Conventional Macroeconomic Policy -- 2. Islamic Macroeconomic Policies -- 3. Capital Markets: Conventional versus Islamic -- 4. Risk Sharing and Public Policy -- 5. Government Finance and the Debt Market -- 6. Government Finance and the Equity Market -- 7. Macro Market Application -- 8. Micro...