Investment from overseas brings many benefits to the UK economy, including higher pay and productivity. According to CEP research, leaving the European Union could lead to a fall in inward foreign direct investment in the UK of close to a quarter. This would damage productivity and could lower people's real incomes by more than 3%.

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9 June 2016     Paper Number CEPCP470

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Trade programme, Growth programme.