Imran Rasul

Prof. Rasul, Ph.D. obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the London School of Economics in 2003. He is now a Professor at the University College London, co-director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at the Institute of Fiscal Studies, and research co-director of the Entrepreneurship Research Program of the International Growth Centre. His research interests include labor, development and public economics. From 2009 to 2013, he was a managing editor of the Review of Economic Studies journal. He was awarded the 2007 IZA Young Economist Prize and the 2008 CESIfo Distinguished Affiliate Award.

The research project analyses the causes of illicit behaviour in multiple studies. In a first project, the determinants of tax compliance in settings where individuals tax themselves by self-assessing their taxable income will be identified. In a second project, the causes of criminal behaviour and how they interlink with policing strategies related to the drug market will be investigated.