Kate Smith is an Associate Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Her research interests are in public economics and applied microeconometrics, with a focus on optimal tax design. She is currently studying for her PhD at University College London.

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Top income inequality and tax policy
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- Poverty and Income Inequality 
- Taxation

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Alcohol price floors and their effect on heavy drinking
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- Health Economics

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Spending dynamics and panic buying during the COVID-19 first wave
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- COVID-19

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A new year, a new you?
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- Health Economics

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Designing alcohol taxes: Evidence from the UK market
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- Health Economics 
- Taxation