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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
Countries and regions with strong trade unions and relatively high wages are often surprisingly successful at attracting investment by multinational... More
Countries that host the Olympic games and other ‘mega-events’, such as the World Cup, enjoy a large and permanent increase in trade. That is one... More
Simple binary questions – ‘yes or no’, ‘for or against’, ‘positive or negative’ – are the most effective way to get an accurate reading of... More
It is often claimed that innovations in financial markets, particularly around consumer credit and home mortgages, played an important role in... More
Small revisions to the data that go into the widely cited Human Development Index (HDI) can substantially alter a country’s position in the... More
New research indicates that income inequality has a significant impact on the degree of redistribution that a country pursues. Analysing more... More
The idea of ‘information cascades’, in which people make decisions on the basis of seeing what other people are doing, provides valuable ... More
Integration of financial markets within the euro area has so far failed to deliver for households looking to maintain their living standards and... More
Teenage girls in the UK typically play an active role in family decisions about the allocation of household resources. But older children (those... More
Countries and regions with strong trade unions and relatively high wages are often surprisingly successful at attracting investment by ... More
One year of extra education significantly reduces property crime – and the costs of extra schooling are outweighed by the social benefits associated... More
Using burglar-proof windows and doors in new residential construction makes homes 25% less likely to be burgled than comparable new homes without... More
People who are thrown out of work in the UK find new jobs much more slowly than in the United States. Not much more than one in every ten unemployed... More
Higher pensions not only improve the quality of life for beneficiaries but they can also substantially extend their lives. That is the central finding... More
With surging domestic public debts in most advanced economies since the financial crisis began in 2007, research published in the May 2011 issue of... More
‘Animal spirits’ – or psychological factors – can account for about half of the business cycle fluctuations in the United States since the 1960s. Each... More
A loosening and tightening of mortgage credit standards drove the US house price boom and bust of the 2000s. New research by John Duca, John... More
Expanding a country’s broadband infrastructure dramatically increases national economic growth. According to research by Nina Czernich and colleagues,... More
Private security can be a highly cost-effective way of cutting crime, according to a study of the impact of ‘business improvement districts’ (BIDs)... More
People who are thrown out of work in the UK find new jobs much more slowly than in the United States. Not much more than one in every ten ... More