Question 2:Do you agree that the underperformance of tax receipts in recent years, provides a strong case for higher taxes?
Answer:
Neither agree nor disagree
Confidence level:
Not confident
Comment:
There is a case for higher taxes, but not for that reason! It is to provide the right level of public services for a civilised society.
Question 1: Do you agree that the scale of this planned reduction in total managed expenditure is credible?
Answer:
Strongly Disagree
Confidence level:
Very confident
Comment:
Cuts on this scale will be very hard to find. More cuts will be needed - but these will be very contentious especially if public sector wage pressure is up, meaning bigger service cuts.
Question 2: Do you agree that that there is a clear economic case for establishing "English votes for English laws" with the same tax and spending powers as the Scottish Parliament?
Answer:
Neither agree nor disagree
Confidence level:
Not confident
Question 1: Do you agree that the economic benefits of devolving full income tax powers to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly outweigh the possible costs?
Question 2: Do you think that current structural and fiscal policies should place a considerably greater emphasis on pushing the natural rate into positive territory?
The CFM surveys informs the public about the views held by prominent economists based in Europe on important macroeconomic and public policy questions. Some surveys focus specifically on the UK economy (as the CFM is a UK research centre), but surveys can in principle focus on any macroeconomic question for any region. The surveys shed light on the extent to which there is agreement or disagreement among these experts. An important motivation for the survey is to give a more comprehensive overview of the beliefs held by economists and in particular to include the views of those economists whose opinions are not frequently heard in public debates.
Questions mainly focus on macroeconomic and public policy topics. Although there are some questions that focus specifically on the UK economy, the setup of the survey is much broader and considers questions related to other countries/regions and also considers questions not tied to a specific economy.
The surveys are done in collaboration with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
2014 Autumn Statement
Question 2: Do you agree that the underperformance of tax receipts in recent years, provides a strong case for higher taxes?
Question 1: Do you agree that the scale of this planned reduction in total managed expenditure is credible?
Devolving Income Tax Powers within the UK
Question 2: Do you agree that that there is a clear economic case for establishing "English votes for English laws" with the same tax and spending powers as the Scottish Parliament?
Question 1: Do you agree that the economic benefits of devolving full income tax powers to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly outweigh the possible costs?
Secular Stagnation
Question 2: Do you think that current structural and fiscal policies should place a considerably greater emphasis on pushing the natural rate into positive territory?
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