Public Economics Programme

Programme Directors: Professor Frank Cowell and Dr Henrik Kleven.

Research Associates: Professor Tony Atkinson, Professor Tim Besley, Dr Jonathan Leape, Dr Johannes Spinnewijn, Professor Nicholas Stern.

PhD and Postdoctoral Researchers: Francisco Azpitarte, Pedro Gomes and Giovanni Ko.

About PEP

PEP provides the focus of Public Economics research at the LSE. Its activities include theoretical and empirical work on the economics of taxation, the provision of public goods, social insurance and the economics of income distribution. The Programme regularly welcomes short- and long-term visitors to work with established faculty and fosters an active public-economics component within the Economics Department's PhD programme.

Seminars and workshops

IFS-STICERD Public Economics Seminar (Mondays 12:30 - 13:40 at IFS)		current	past	future
LSE Taxation Seminars (During Term Time: First Monday every month 18:30 - 20:00)		current
Workshop for PhD students (Wednesdays 14:00 - 15:00)

Discussion Papers

The programme publishes the PEP discussion paper series.