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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
What effect does a country’s education system have on its economic performance? Most analysis of this crucial issue has focused on the impact... More
The UK’s official crime statistics are an inaccurate reflection of our everyday experience of crime, according to Dr Ziggy MacDonald of the University... More
Government bodies have played an active role in financing new firms, particularly in high-tech industries, for many decades. But in recent years,... More
Despite the dot-com debacle, the Government is bullish about new businesses and keen to channel finance towards them. But according to Professor David... More
Governments around the world annually spend billions of dollars in attempts to plug perceived debt and equity ‘gaps’ - situations where the finance... More
New research by Professors Robert Carpenter and Bruce Petersen, published in the latest issue of the Economic Journal, underscores the importance of... More
One of the most powerful technologies for ensuring that small firms can get an adequate supply of credit is ‘relationship lending.’ But according to... More
New research from the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), published in the latest issue o f the Economic Journal, shows that being poor... More
It is widely believed that job insecurity among British men has risen significantly over the past two decades. A new research report by President of... More
The differences in income among citizens of the world are absolutely huge and far higher than conventional measures indicate, according to new... More
People who buy annuities to finance their retirement are as a group substantially longer-lived than typical individuals in the UK population. And... More
In an uncertain situation where people face the prospect of losing, they would prefer to lose through omission - choosing not to act - than commission... More
Economists have traditionally neglected the role of emotions in economic behaviour. But new experimental research by Ronald Bosman and Frans van... More
Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan has proposed the imposition of reserve requirements on foreign bank loans as a means of imposing discipline on a global... More
One of the key benefits claimed for direct investment in a country by foreign multinationals is that it raises the productivity of domestic firms. But... More
This month sees the seventh anniversary of the UK's National Lottery - first sales, 14 November 1994, first draw, 19 November 1994 - and, after some... More
The costs of unemployment, particularly repeated unemployment, are much higher than the immediate loss of earnings. According to new research... More
People tend to be risk averse. But they are also overconfident: if the real chances of success in a risky endeavour are two-thirds, people typically... More
The rise of the US stock market during the 1980s and 1990s stimulated public concern about the degree of inequality of wealth among households. Recent... More
Has the dramatic decline in relative pay across most of the public sector since the mid-1970s generated similar significant reductions in the relative... More