The Financial Times:
Smaller retailers wary of losing Sunday edge
8 July 2015
Dr Christos Genakos, of the London School of Economics, studied the impact of decisions to ease Sunday trading rules in 30 European countries between 1999 and 2013. He found the reforms boosted net employment by 7-9 per cent, because they spurred new entrants and higher headcounts in existing retailers.
This article was published by The Financial Times on July 8, 2015
Link to article here
Related publications
'Evaluating the Impact of Sunday Trading Deregulation', Svetoslav Danchev and Christos Genakos, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1336, March 2015
Related links
Christos Genakos webpage
Productivity and Innnovation Programme webpage