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The chances of a company being found guilty of abuse of a monopoly position by the UK’s Competition Commission increase enormously if the chair of the... More
The stock market and the unemployment rate are like two drunks walking down the street tied together with a rope, according to Professor Roger Farmer,... More
Governments and central banks should think twice before designing policies aimed at the housing market in an effort to stimulate household demand and... More
Raising the compulsory school leaving age in the UK is likely to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy, currently among the highest in Europe. That is... More
A temporary policy of removing penalties for possessing cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth increased the number of admissions to hospital for... More
The desire to impress others by spending on such conspicuous items as phones, funerals and festivals can keep people locked in poverty, especially... More
People in the UK who have trouble paying their debts are more than twice as likely to have mental health problems or suffer severe anxiety compared... More
Without years of activities by trade unions to promote occupational health and safety, workplaces today would be much more dangerous. So limiting the... More
Customer reviews on websites like Amazon, Tripadvisor and Yelp.com can have a big impact on business, according to research by Professors Michael... More
Ofgem’s efforts to promote fairness led to higher charges for all A ban on price discrimination introduced in 2009 by the UK’s gas and electricity... More
Having roughly one in ten of a firm’s staff as temps seems to be the ideal share for maximising productivity. That is the central finding of research... More
Despite similar rates of unemployment in Spain and France before the economic crisis, nearly one in four members of the Spanish workforce are now... More
Labour market reforms aimed at changing the extent to which firms use different kinds of temporary contracts – such as apprenticeships, fixed-term,... More
Labour market reforms to encourage the use of temporary work contracts may have led to temporary employment gains, but these may have come at the... More
As the European Union summit got underway in late June 2012, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman and LSE professor Richard Layard lay down a challenge to the... More
The UK and Canada, which are more open to asylum-seekers than the United States, are more exposed to immigration from countries where there is civil... More
Research on monetary policy-making should adopt a more realistic approach, taking account of the fact that central banks have to make decisions in... More
Having the same trade barriers between members of the European Union (EU) as with the rest of the world would result in a more than 3% permanent loss... More
Providing free computers for home use to low-income community college students in the United States has been beneficial for their educational... More
New teachers and top quality teachers of mathematics and science can enjoy higher salaries as a result of increased competition between schools. These... More
Financial crises in emerging markets arise not from fraud and greed but from the downside of risky business investment projects financed by short-term... More
Foreign aid neither can nor should be the main driver of growth in developing countries. That is the conclusion of research by Dr Michael Clemens and... More
Many high-tech industries have products that are frequently upgraded. Research by Professors Dennis Carlton and Michael Waldman explains how a... More
Democratically elected political leaders of commodity-exporting countries are much more likely than autocratic regimes to use the windfall revenues... More
UK civil servants in departments with high rates of promotion are approximately 20% less likely to develop heart disease than their counterparts in... More