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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
Currency unions like EMU that let in new members on the basis of a majority vote have a built-in tendency to grow beyond their optimal size. That is... More
An increase in the supply of skilled labour brings about an increase in the demand for skilled labour by stimulating technological progress and... More
Why are the returns to US equities so much higher than is justified by their riskiness compared to other assets like cash and bonds? According to... More
Many commentators argue that Euroland’s Stability and Growth Pact imposes too harsh a restriction on countries’ fiscal policy at a time when they can... More
A frequent criticism of legal aid in England and Wales is that is relieves aided litigants from cost pressure since they do not generally have to meet... More
The National Health Service reforms introduced in 1991, creating an ‘internal market’ for health care, have led to shorter hospital stays after... More
Unpredictable changes in tax laws towards investment can boost overall investment. That is the conclusion of Professors Kevin Hassett of the American... More
While the recent financial crises have somewhat tarnished the ‘Asian Miracle’, the economic growth achievements of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea... More
An internationally coordinated cut in social security spending would generate significant gains for society - substantially larger than any that might... More
Do active labour market policies like the New Deal programme in the UK and the Workforce Investment Act in the United States actually increase the... More
In the last 15 years, the microcredit ‘group lending’ pioneered by Bangladeshi economics professor Mohammed Yunus and his Grameen Bank has arguably... More
In terms of national income, how big is the black economy? In 1981, one economist suggested that as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it... More
What do marriage and employment have in common? According to Professor Ken Burdett and Melvyn Coles, writing in the latest issue of the Economic... More
The developed world has seen a dramatic rise in income inequality over the last quarter of a century and one of the leading explanations for this... More
Estimating the size and distribution of the hidden economy is a vitally important role for researchers and statisticians, according to Dilip... More
The existence of an underground economy - a mix of illegal market activities such as selling proscribed drugs and legal market activities kept hidden... More
Continental European labour markets have experienced a large rise in unemployment over the past quarter of a century while the United States and, to a... More
It is now conventional wisdom that an independent central bank led by a moderately conservative governor is good for society. But according to... More
Economic development is not a gradual process with all the poor countries of the world converging on the rich countries. Rather, it involves the rapid... More
A mass of evidence indicates that potential entrepreneurs are often unable to obtain loans to start a new business unless they post considerable... More