Finance
How would an independent Scotland borrow?
Author / Creator: Thomas Pope
Media type: Report
Date published: 2021
This report examines how Scotland would
borrow if it were to become independent.
It looks at how much it could borrow
consistently, based on the experience of
other advanced economies.
Green and sustainable finance in Scotland: Leveraging the growth opportunity
Author / Creator: Scottish Financial Enterprise
Media type: Report
Date published:
New report highlights role of green finance in driving Scotland’s net zero ambitions
The Impact of Scottish Independence on Tax, Pensions, and Financial Services
Author / Creator: Clifford Chance
Media type: Assessment report
Date published: August 2021
The most likely overall outcome for taxation is that rUK would treat Scottish individuals and companies in the same way as it treats any other country's individuals and companies (and vice versa). Scotland will need to establish its own financial regulator and resolution authority and make arrangements for continuing the licences and supervision of Scottish firms. Arrangements for pension investments and payments will be required.
What are the implications of independence for public revenues and spending?
Author / Creator: Graeme Roy
Media type: Assessment report
Date published: 2021
There is no question that an independent Scotland could run a sustainable budget. But like the UK, an independent Scotland would face major fiscal challenges both in the short and long run. Based upon the latest data, an independent Scotland is likely to face greater challenges than the UK as a whole (at least in the short-term).
How is Scotland in debt if it can't borrow?
Author / Creator: The National
Media type: News Media
Date published:
The accounts don’t suggest Scotland is in debt at all. People just don't understand how to analyse the UK Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland report (GERS).
Claim Scots will be £2,000 worse off after independence is Unsupported
Author / Creator: The Ferret
Media type: Fact check
Date published:
The "Union Dividend" of £1941 per person [in 2019] only refers to the difference in current spending per head. It does not tell us what Scotland’s financial position would be after independence.
Building Scotland’s future now: A new approach to financing public investment
Author / Creator: Iain Cairns
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2017?
Reclaiming investment is a necessary task. The value in the concept of investment is that it is exactly the opposite of the sort of speculative, short-termism in economic thinking that dominates the minds of ‘investment’ bankers.
Potential dangers of public sector investment in hub sub debt
Author / Creator: Jim Cuthbert
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: April 2017
An analysis of the potential dangers of Scottish Government investment in Hub sub-debt, which may act as a form of ‘concealed’ borrowing from the secondary market.