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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
Discrimination against different individuals can emerge on the basis of the most meaningless of distinguishing features, according to research by... More
Political parties that emphasise the role of families in society seem also to prefer lower spending on the welfare state, whereas political... More
Have the tax incentives of the Individual Retirement Account (IRA) programme in the United States led to an increase in national saving? Only by a... More
Communities with substantial economic inequality will have problems conserving the local natural resource systems on which they depend, according to... More
Economists are predicting an Internet betting boom fuelled by the World Cup. This follows a massive increase in betting turnover of nearly 70% since... More
Which employees take the most time off work through sickness? Writing in the latest issue of the Economic Journal, Tim Barmby, Marco Ercolani and John... More
Are temporary jobs in the UK ‘dead end’ jobs with poor pay and prospects or ‘stepping stones’ to permanent employment in good jobs? New research by... More
An adverse macroeconomic shock – specifically a substantial increase in unemployment – can trigger a substantial and long-lasting increase in... More
Since the mid-1980s, Spain has gone from a very regulated labour market, with high severance payments and high union bargaining power in wage... More
Politicians and social commentators worry that the turnout of 59% of the electorate in the UK General Election of 2001 is much too small. But as... More
Several European countries have chosen to introduce more flexibility to their labour markets by allowing employers to use temporary contracts. But... More
Monetary policy rules that focus on smoothing out fluctuations in nominal income or nominal output have been advocated by many economists and policy... More
We tend to think of paying in cash as a far more efficient way of doing business than paying in goods. Yet barter and countertrade - the exchange of... More
Does the type of union recognition procedure affect a union’s ability to organise a workplace successfully? New empirical research by Professor Susan... More
New experimental research shows that individuals’ happiness depends as much on the incomes of people around them as on their own income. According to... More
The average voter’s beliefs about how the economy works are deeply misguided. That is the central conclusion of new research by Professor Bryan Caplan... More
Economists expect unemployment benefits to lead to longer unemployment spells, since workers will tend to be choosier about job offers the larger... More
New research published in the latest issue of the Economic Journal shows that a stable economic environment is important for firms looking to... More
There has been a marked increase in the instability of male earnings in the United States over the last two decades, according to new research by... More
Economics is sometimes called the ‘dismal science’ because economists routinely make worst-case assumptions about people’s motives. Certainly, most... More