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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
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Why pay child benefits to middle class families? Writing in the latest issue of the Economic Journal, Professors Zhiqi Chen and Frances Woolley of... More
Does privatisation cut costs for Europe's national airlines? Is it greater competition that does the trick? Or are Europe's flag carriers beyond the... More
New research published in the Economic Journal provides valuable insights into the process of negotiation and in particular whether it is better for... More
Seattle, Barcelona, Gothenberg - as the protest movement against globalisation and trade seems to get stronger, it becomes increasingly important to... More
The stagnation - or decline - of people's reported levels of happiness in the developed world is caused, in part at least, by the presence and... More
The European Central Bank (ECB) is widely perceived as being 'genetically' close to the German Bundesbank, notably in its institutional independence... More
What are the macroeconomic consequences of the establishment of a monetary union when labour markets are unionised? That is the question addressed in... More
The measurement of inflation is no mean task: each month, price collectors visit stores in 146 locations to compile the Retail Prices Index (RPI),... More
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment. Samuel Johnson's disturbing insight, set down over two centuries ago, is now... More
Any future permanent economic agreement between Israel and Palestine will have to determine, among other things, the appropriate trade regime and the... More
Measuring prices and inflation is central to almost every issue in economics: growth and productivity; government taxes and benefits; budget deficits... More
A new report by Stan Fischer and colleagues at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) examines developments in the Palestinian economy in the period... More
If we are ever to see the emergence of a peaceful and prosperous Middle East 'common market', it must first be shown that mutual benefits from free... More
American economists and economists affiliated to American institutions dominate the market for publications in top economic journals in absolute... More
What impact does the state of the National Health Service (NHS) have on the demand for private medical insurance by individuals and families?... More
Substantial increases in educational spending over the last thirty years have not lead to improvements in the educational achievement of pupils in... More
The field of education policy seems to create situations where traditional left and right wing positions become confused: a Labour government... More
The problem of world poverty may be far worse than we currently imagine, according to Professor Partha Dasgupta, writing in the latest issue of the... More
The rise in real housing costs over the twenty years prior to the current government has made rent allowances and rebates under the Housing Benefit... More
Should the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) remit be extended to cover national competition policies? The common argument in favour of such a move is... More