At the time of this volume's publication in 1985, general equilibrium
modelling had become a significant area of applied economic research.
Its focus was to develop techniques to facilitate economy-wide
quantitative assessment of allocative and distributional impacts on
policy changes. UK Tax Policy and Applied General Equilibrium Analysis
was the first book-length treatment of the development and application
of an applied general equilibrium model of the Walrasian type,
constructed to analyse UK taxation and subsidy policy. As a whole, UK
Tax Policy and Applied General Equilibrium Analysis offers the reader
two things. First, it gives a detailed account of the development of an
applied general equilibrium model of the UK. Second, it provides results
of model experiments which have been designed to inform the policy
debate, not only in the UK but also in other countries. It should thus
be of interest to both researchers and students undertaking research in
the applied general equilibrium area and to policy makers concerned with
tax reform.