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David Ulph elected FRSE
Professor David Ulph has been appointed to a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. This is in recognition of his achievements and the contributions he has made to Economics throughout his career. David has held Chairs at the University of Bristol, University College London and now at the University of St Andrews, and has served as Head of Department in all three universities. In 1997, he became Director of the ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution at UCL which, amongst other things designed the successful auction of the 3G spectrum that raised over £23bn for the UK Government. In 2001, David was appointed Director of Analysis and Research (Chief Economist) at HM Revenue and Customs. In addition He has been a visiting professor in the USA (Massachusetts), Australia (ANU) and France (Nantes and Paris 1).He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
David has published in all the leading journals in Economics and is particularly well known for his work in industrial organisation . particularly the economics of innovation - labour economics and environmental economics. In the Scottish context he has played a major role in the SFC.s SIRE initiative and was a member of the Independent Expert Group that advised the Calman Commission on Scotland.s public finances
David has also made an outstanding contribution to research in applied economics. His work on taxation and labour supply had a major impact on the direction of UK income tax policy since the 1980s. His work on environmental taxation and sustainable growth has had an impact on the thinking in the Stern Report and it is worth noting that one his co-researchers in this area, Michael Grubb, is chief economist at the Carbon Trust. His work on the economics of R&D and innovation has provided fundamental insights into strategic technological competition between firms and between countries and on the design of incentive mechanisms to promote knowledge transfer.
The research contributions outlined above have had implications for the design of income and environmental taxation in the UK. In addition, his practical contributions while a civil servant, which relate to improvements in the effectiveness of tax collection . both business and personal, are held in high regard in Whitehall.