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The cost of Brexit to trade? At least #850 per household, per year

19 March 2016

In this extract from the LSE Centre for Economic Performance's second briefing paper on Brexit, Swati Dhingra, John van Reenen, Thomas Sampson and Gianmarco Ottaviano conclude that - in the most optimistic scenario - UK income would drop by 1.3% (or £850 per household each year) if we left the EU. In a more pessimistic scenario, the drop would be 2.6%; it could even be up to 9.6%.

This article was published by the LSE BrexitVote blog on March 19, 2016
Link to blog here

Related publications
The consequences of Brexit for UK trade and living standards, Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen, CEP Brexit Analysis No.2, March 2016.
Download the accompanying Technical Paper here
See the complete CEP Brexit Analysis Series here

Related links
Swati Dhingra webpage
Gianmarco Ottaviano webpage
Thomas Sampson webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Trade Programme webpage
Growth Programme webpage

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