Editorial announcement

We are pleased to welcome the two new managing editors of Fiscal Studies, James Banks (Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester, Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Co-Principal Investigator of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing) and Kimberley Scharf (Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Birmingham and Director of the NAO – University of Birmingham Tax Centre).

Professor Banks's research focuses on the empirical modelling of individual economic behaviour over the life cycle, with particular focus on the dynamics of consumption, savings and retirement; and broad issues on the economics of ageing, including the study of health and cognitive functioning, and their association with labour market and broader socio-economic status. Professor Scharf's research interests include the economics of charitable giving, fundraising and philanthropy; taxation and public finance; international taxation; and political economy.