Professor Simon James
Staff Retired
About me:
Simon James joined the University in 1976 having previously held a research post at the London School of Economics. He has held visiting positions at seven universities overseas and taught at the London School of Economics, the Australian National University, the University of Canterbury New Zealand and HM Treasury. He has presented over 100 research papers externally including over 70 overseas and received research awards from the ESRC (four awards), British Academy, Nuffield Foundation, HMRC, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Research Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Scottish Accountancy Trust for Education and Research. His current and recent research includes behavioural economics, tax simplification, digitalisation of tax, taxpayer views on tax evasion and the taxation of older people on lower incomes.
Simon’s teaching at Exeter has included Economics, Public Finance, Taxation, Finance, International Financial Management and International Business. He has also supervised a large number of research students.
Simon has been a member of St John Ambulance since 1992 serving both as an operational member and trainer and has had secondments as ambulance crew to the regular ambulance service.
Nationality: British
Interests:
- Behavioural Economics
- Economic aspects of taxation
- Tax administration
The application of behavioural economics to taxation, especially tax administration. A particular issue is how far the concept of ‘nudging’ can be used to improve tax compliance.
