Staff Biography

Biography:

Current Areas of Research:

Education:

• PhD Economics, Harvard University, 2011
• MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, LSE, 2004
• BA Mathematics, University of Cambridge, 2002

CEP Publications:

• Four principles for the UK's Brexit trade negotiations
  Thomas Sampson, October 2016
  Paper No' CEPBREXIT09: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Foreign investors love Britain - but Brexit would end the affair
  Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson, John Van Reenen, June 2016
  Paper No' CEPCP470: Read Abstract | Full paper
  This article summarises ‘The Impact of Brexit on Foreign Investment in the UK’, CEP Brexit Analysis No. 3 by Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen, April 2016.
  
  
• Brexit: the impact on UK trade and living standards
  Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson, John Van Reenen, June 2016
  Paper No' CEPCP469: Read Abstract | Full paper
  This article summarises ‘The Consequences of Brexit for UK Trade and Living Standards’, CEP Brexit Analysis No. 2 by Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen, March 2016.
  
  
• BREXIT 2016: Policy Analysis from the Centre for Economic Performance
  Holger Breinlich, Swati Dhingra, Saul Estrin, Hanwei Huang, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson, John Van Reenen, Jonathan Wadsworth, June 2016
  Paper No' CEPBREXIT08: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Who Bears the Pain? How the costs of Brexit would be distributed across income groups
  Holger Breinlich, Swati Dhingra, Thomas Sampson, John Van Reenen, June 2016
  Paper No' CEPBREXIT07: Full paper
  
  
• ‘ECONOMISTS FOR BREXIT’: A critique
  Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson, John Van Reenen, May 2016
  Paper No' CEPBREXIT06: Full paper
  
  
• The UK Treasury analysis of 'The long-term economic impact of EU membership and the alternatives': CEP Commentary
  Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson, John Van Reenen, April 2016
  Paper No' CEPBREXIT04: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The impact of Brexit on foreign investment in the UK
  Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson, John Van Reenen, April 2016
  Paper No' CEPBREXIT03: Read Abstract | Paper 1 | Paper 2
  
  
• The consequences of Brexit for UK trade and living standards
  Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson, John Van Reenen, March 2016
  Paper No' CEPBREXIT02: Read Abstract | Paper 1 | Paper 2
  
  
• Life after Brexit : What are the UK’s options outside the European Union?
  Swati Dhingra, Thomas Sampson, February 2016
  Paper No' CEPBREXIT01: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Balanced Growth Despite Uzawa
  Gene M. Grossman, Elhanan Helpman, Ezra Oberfield, Thomas Sampson, January 2016
  Paper No' CEPDP1403: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• #ElectionEconomics: The Research Evidence on Key Issues for Voters in the 2015 UK General Election
  Ghazala Azmat, Brian Bell, Jonathan Colmer, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Swati Dhingra, Christian Hilber, Stephen Machin, Alan Manning, Ralf Martin, Alistair McGuire, Sandra McNally, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Henry Overman, Isabelle Roland, Thomas Sampson, Anna Valero, John Van Reenen, Jonathan Wadsworth, Gill Wyness, Gabriel Zucman, April 2015
  Paper No' CEPEA034: Read Abstract | Paper 1 | Paper 2
  
  
• Should We Stay or Should We Go? The economic consequences of leaving the EU
  Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson, March 2015
  Paper No' CEPEA022: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Dynamic Selection: An Idea Flows Theory of Entry, Trade and Growth
  Thomas Sampson, August 2014
  Paper No' CEPDP1288: Read Abstract | Full paper
  This paper has been published as:
  Dynamic Selection: An Idea Flows Theory of Entry, Trade, and Growth, Thomas Sampson, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 131, Issue 1, February 2016
  
  
• Brexit or Fixit? The Trade and Welfare Effects of Leaving the European Union
  G.I.P. Ottaviano, Joao Paulo Pessoa, Thomas Sampson, John Van Reenen, May 2014
  Paper No' CEPPA016: Read Abstract | Full paper
  More details on the research discussed here are in the technical paper 'The Costs and Benefits of Leaving the EU', Gianmarco Ottaviano, Joao Paulo Pessoa, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen, CEP mimeo, May 2014.
  
  
• Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Technology Diffusion and Learning On-the-job
  Thomas Sampson, September 2012
  Paper No' CEPDP1168: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Selection into Trade and Wage Inequality
  Thomas Sampson, June 2012
  Paper No' CEPDP1152: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Assignment Reversals: Trade, Skill Allocation and Wage Inequality
  Thomas Sampson, December 2011
  Paper No' CEPDP1105: Read Abstract | Full paper