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Leaked government documents reveal #75bn cost of hard Brexit

19 October 2016

The calculations, sent to May's close-knit team of Brexit advisers, which includes Hammond, David Davis, Liam Fox and Boris Johnson, claim the UK economy would be 4.5 percent smaller by 2030 if it leaves the Customs Union as part of any Brexit deal.
... the claims which are arrived at by taking the average assessment obtained from the controversial work undertaken by the Treasury before the vote, along with pre-23 June studies from the NIESR and the London School of Economics, werer dismissed by several experts.

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June 20, 2016
CEP, NIESR and IFS blog
Leaving the EU would almost certainly damage our economic prospects
Economists for Brexit: A Critique, Thomas Sampson, Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano and John Van Reenen, CEP Brexit Analysis Series, Paper No.6, May 2016
See the complete set of CEP Brexit Analysis research papers here

Related links
Holger Breinlich webpage
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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