MY RESEARCH

I have been the head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs since 2013. Here are some of my research papers, all of which can be downloaded for free.

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Drinking, Fast and Slow: Ten years of the Licensing Act

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Cheap as Chips: Is a healthy diet affordable?

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Of course sin taxes are regressive

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Closing Time: Who's killing the British pub?

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Sweet Truth: Is there a market failure in sugar? (with Rob Lyons)

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Death and Taxes: Why longer lives cost money

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Alcohol and the Public Purse: Do drinkers pay their way?

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Aggressively Regressive

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The Proof of the Pudding: Denmark's Fat Tax Fiasco

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Fast Food Outlets and Obesity: What is the evidence?

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Sock Puppets

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Euro Puppets

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The Sock Doctrine

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The Crack Cocaine of Gambling?

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Never Mind the Gap (with Ryan Bourne)

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Truth in Advertising (preface to Advertising in a Free Society)

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Are More Equal Countries Happier? (chapter in And the Pursuit of Happiness)

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Minimum Unit Pricing (chapter in Flaws and Ceilings)

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EU Lifestyle Regulation (chapter in Breaking Up Is Hard To Do)

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