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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
Propensities to act in this or that way can be explained by the social or biological environment and the past success of possible strategies (mutants)... More
Over the past 20 years, cities have tended to subcontract more and more activities like street maintenance and office cleaning. A new study by... More
Economists should rethink the role of government in promoting investment as a way of improving economic growth and social welfare, according to... More
Japanese monetary policy has not only been effective over the past 15 years; it has also operated in a remarkably similar way to US monetary policy.... More
Aid is effective in promoting private foreign investment – but only in countries where market-unfriendly policies curtail competition, prevent market... More
Households whose main earner’s payday comes round monthly rather than weekly spend 5-6% more on meals and entertainment in each of the two weeks after... More
Private credit registries are an increasingly common way for banks to share information about borrowers – and a helpful tool for reducing losses on... More
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the wrong measure of inflation for the Bank of England to target, according to new research by Professor Simon... More
There is widespread agreement that the changes in UK monetary policy introduced in 1997, with interest rates set by the Bank of England’s Monetary... More
In the mid- to late 1990s, the United States experienced low unemployment and dramatically low inflation – an experience that is difficult to... More
More efficient monetary policy has been the driving force behind the improved macroeconomic performance of the world economy since the early 1990s.... More
To tackle the problems of poor families – whether in the developed or developing world – it is not enough to decide how much assistance to give to the... More
Inflation tends to be higher the higher the level of monopoly power in the economy and the more closed it is to international trade. These are among... More
The economic decisions of households and firms are not directly affected by the amount of money in circulation, according to new research by Javier... More
Early selection of students into different schools based by ability increases educational inequalities. It also tends to reduce average performance.... More
More than 40% men who retire before 65 feel they are forced to do so because of ill-health or redundancy. New research by Sarah Smith, published in... More
‘I believe that we actually do harm to our students in only teaching them the intricacies of mathematical models and that we are unintentionally... More
International differences in the quality of government – as assessed mainly by outsiders and published by the World Bank – are far more important than... More
In the first independent study to examine the impact of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) on the test-score performance of individual... More
Researchers at the Universities of Warwick and Kent are calling on the Child Support Agency (CSA) to replace ‘deadbeat’ Dads. Where fathers fail to... More