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No one would be spared: how the costs of Brexit would be distributed across households

3 June 2016

That leaving the EU would damage the overall economy is now being treated as more of a fact than a speculation. But those for Brexit argue that the rich will be negatively affected while the poor will benefit. This is not the case, write Holger Breinlich, Swati Dhingra, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen. Middle and low income households will be negatively affected as well the rich.

This article was published online by LSE British Politics and Policy blog on June 3, 2016
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Related publications
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
See the complete set of CEP Brexit Analysis Papers here

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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