The Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde says of itself: Fraser of Allander Institute is Scotland’s leading independent economic research institute with
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When I was writing the White Paper on Scottish Taxation for Common Weal that was  released yesterday, Robin McAlpine, that organisation’s director, asked me a range of
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This article, or one very like it, appeared in The National newspaper in Scotland this morning: I have worked on the role of tax in
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This article, or something very like it, was in the Scottish Sunday Herald last weekend: When I was giving evidence to the Finance and Constitution
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I have been continually bemused by the fact that GERS – Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland – and its equivalent data for Wales and Northern
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My thoughts on the Scottish economy, recorded in June: There’s one personal aside to this: one commentator said it looked like I needed to lay
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This is my evidence in the quality of GERS – Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland – presented to the Finance Committee of the Scottish Parliament
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I have been asked for my comments on GERS 2017 – the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement, of which the latest version was published
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As some readers of the blog will know I have been taking an interest in the data underpinning Scottish economic reporting this year. As a
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