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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
Quality-adjusted prices for network servers – the computers that run the internet – have been falling twice as fast as we think, according to new... More
What are the typical deviations between preliminary ‘real-time’ measurements of key UK macroeconomic data and subsequent, more accurate measurements?... More
Writing in the February 2006 issue of the Economic Journal, leading US pensions expert Professor Peter Diamond describes the current debate about... More
Communication costs are a crucial link between investments in information and communication technology (ICT) and organisational structure. In many... More
What makes some coalitions form successfully while others – like the Kyoto Protocol – run into difficulty? A new survey by Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay... More
A new research report calls for longer terms of office for members of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Writing in the January... More
People moving to a new city perceive housing prices through the lens of prices where they lived previously, according to new research by Professors... More
Should insurance companies have complete access to individuals’ genetic test results for the purpose of setting rates for life, health and critical... More
The ‘resource curse’ – which seems to condemn countries with abundant natural resources to lower economic growth – is only relevant for countries with... More
Clever political leaders take account of the fact that policy changes may influence people’s preferences in ways that they could not have foreseen... More
Many developing countries are experimenting with decentralisation of public service delivery to elected local governments instead of bureaucrats... More
There is little evidence that immigrants raise unemployment rates or lower wages in the regions of Britain where they concentrate, according to new... More
Increasing income inequality induces people to work longer hours, according to new research by economics professors Samuel Bowles and Yongjin... More
Displacement effects of immigration through inter-regional migration contribute to spreading labour market competition around the economy, according... More
We all care about how our pay compares with similarly qualified colleagues. This makes it very difficult for organisations to offer newly hired... More
Proponents of securities transaction taxes (STTs) argue that they can help to reduce asset market volatility by discouraging short-term speculation... More
Freedom to choose your associates makes sustained cooperation between individuals possible, according to new experimental research by... More
Parents’ income has a positive influence on the educational attainment of their children – but this impact is not nearly as strong as the influence of... More
Small-scale lending to the poor and previously unbankable is a booming industry, and there is now a proliferation of these ‘microfinance’... More
Fund managers are sometimes rewarded for performing better than their peers or ‘beating the market’. New research by Dr Sandeep Kapur and Professor... More