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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
People who compare their incomes with those of other people are less happy on average, especially if they compare with friends and family... More
How does the economy respond to a surprise change in government spending? A study by Jonas Fisher and Ryan Peters, published in the May 2010 issue... More
Do new free trade agreements encourage exports of new products and entry of new firms into export markets – or do they only benefit existing... More
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s ‘savings glut’ hypothesis to explain large global imbalances in trade between deficit countries like the United... More
A ‘super Chapter 11’ – akin to US procedures for restructuring businesses’ balance sheets after bankruptcy – could play a crucial role in... More
The labour market performance of most immigrant groups in France, Germany and the UK is worse on average than that of the native population, according... More
Restricting the recreational consumption of alcohol – by instituting so-called ‘dry laws’ that limit bar opening hours – can have a dramatic... More
How do lobbyists for special interest groups decide on the right amount of money to spend to influence the votes of legislators? Research by... More
Research published in the March 2010 Economic Journal sheds light on the division of labour within households as well as how men and women... More
Competition between trading institutions like eBay and many ‘business-to-business’ (B2B) platforms can produce outcomes for buyers and sellers... More
Research and development (R&D) is vital for future economic growth, but it is the quality not the quantity of investment in R&D that... More
Reduced reliance on oil and the absence of big oil supply shocks played a major role in the ‘taming’ of inflation over the past quarter... More
Prospective students who visit a university on a cloudy day are more likely to decide to go there. That is the central finding of new research... More
New research by a group of experimental economists provides the first hard evidence of ‘team reasoning’ – the idea that that a group of people... More
Countries with greater inequality are more likely to have a ‘majoritarian’ constitutions – either presidential systems as in the United States... More
Minimum wage laws may not always be obeyed, particularly in developing countries, but such non-compliance does not necessarily mean that... More
Monitoring developments in monetary aggregates has once again become a key element of monetary policy-making, according to research by Philip... More
There is a strong ‘intergenerational transmission’ of ethnic identity from immigrant parents to their children, according to research by... More
The NHS ‘quality and outcomes framework’ (QOF), which introduced greater incentive pay for doctors, led to modest improvements in the quality... More
Contrary to what many people seem to believe, Britain is not riven by a large-scale culture clash. Indeed, despite widespread fears about the... More