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12 July 2016

Two weeks ago, UK voters took the most important economic decision in a generation. The factual basis for this decision was - to say the least - not quite up to the nation's highest standards of evidence. ... The fragmented nature of this ''factual basis'' arose despite an impressive, if uncoordinated, effort by the economics profession to study the question. Particularly noteworthy were the various studies by the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance (e.g. Breinlich et al. 2016), the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (e.g. Baker et al. 2016), and the Centre for European Reform (e.g. Springford et al. 2016). And of course the Treasury produced several economic studies of the short- and long-run effects, the impact on public finances and on pensions.

This article was published by the VOX blog on July 12, 2016
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Related publications
BREXIT 2016: Policy Analysis from the Centre for Economic Performance, CEP Brexit Analysis Series Paper No.08, June 2016
Who Bears the Pain? How the costs of Brexit would be distributed across income groups, Holger Breinlich, Swati Dhingra, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen, CEP Brexit Analysis Series Paper No.07, June 2016
The complete set of papers published in the CEP Brexit Analysis Series can be seen herer

Related links
Holger Breinlich webpage
Swati Dhingra webpage
Thomas Sampson webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Trade Programme webpage
Growth Programme webpage

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