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Les Echos (France):
Incalculable Brexit

1 June 2016

Stop everything! According to the OECD, the forum of economic reflection of developed countries, the United Kingdom would lose 5% of its GDP in the 15 years to come slamming the door of the European Union. Treasury, British, evaluates the fall to 6.2% of GDP, equivalent to 5,500 euros per household. This central forecast is part of a range of 3.8 to 7.8%. But the experts of the Center for Economic Performance, the famous London School of Economics, found it too timid. They believe that the impact of the Brexit could be half higher!

This article was published by Les Echos (France) on June 1, 2016
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Related publications
The UK Treasury analysis of 'The long-term economic impact of EU membership and the alternatives': CEP Commentary, Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen, CEP Brexit Analysis Series No.4, April 2016
The consequences of Brexit for UK trade and living standards, Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen, CEP Brexit Analysis Series Paper No.02, March 2016
See Technical Appendix to CEP Brexit Analysis Series Paper No.2 here
See the complete set of CEP Brexit Analysis research papers here

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

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