David Eiser

Role

Research Fellow

Institution

Fraser of Allander Institute

Job title

Research Associate

Email address

david.eiser@strath.ac.uk

Biography

I am currently working on an ESRC funded project investigating the economics of constitutional change. The project runs from March 2013 - January 2014 and is led by Professor David Bell. It explores a wide range of fiscal issues relevant to ongoing fiscal devolution to Scotland and potential Scottish independence.

Expertise

Labour markets

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Posts by this author

Attitudes and Behaviours

GERS: Reflections on the debate

22 August 2019 | David Eiser

The publication of the annual GERS report has sparked the usual ill-tempered debate, but what can we reasonably take from GERS? David Eiser of the Fraser of Allander Institute reflects on the report and its implications on Scotland's constitutional debates.

Attitudes and Behaviours

Analysis of the 2019/20 Scottish Budget

14 December 2018 | David Eiser

Derek MacKay’s third budget of this parliamentary session was doomed to be overshadowed by events at Westminster.

Independence and the Union

Brexit Reflections - Fiscal implications for the Scottish Government

6 July 2016 | David Eiser

David Eiser discusses what the Brexit vote means for the Scottish Government’s budget in the short and long term.

Independence and the Union

#EURef - How might inward investment to be affected by Brexit?

8 June 2016 | David Eiser

David Eiser discusses Inward investment, which has been one of Scotland’s economic success stories in recent years.

Independence and the Union

Why Claims that Scotland Would Save £1.5bn out of EU are Disingenuous

7 April 2016 | David Eiser

The claim by the Vote Leave Campaign in Scotland that Scots would benefit from a £1.5bn windfall in the event of a UK withdrawal from the EU overlooks some inconvenient truths, says David Eiser.

Devolution

The Additional Rate, tax avoidance and migration

31 March 2016 | David Eiser

The suggestion that an increase in the additional rate would lead to a mass migration of wealthy Scots has been widely - and rightly - criticised, says David Eiser. However, the likelihood of widespread tax avoidance by higher earners is a very real one.