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There is an almost complete pass-through of tariffs into prices paid by US importers; consumers pick up the tab, write Mary Amiti, Stephen Redding and David E. Weinstein.... Read more...
24 July 2019
But looking at the details of health-care pricing casts doubt on this explanation. For example, economists Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig, Martin Gaynor and John Van Reenen have uncovered a number of odd anomalies in the way ... Read more...
22 July 2019
19 July 2019
The slide in sterling since the referendum has pushed up prices without doing much to boost UK exports, while wage growth has lagged behind inflation, the analysis has found. Authors cite estimates by the London School o... Read more...
25 June 2019
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11 April 2019
...roposed extensions to the official date for leaving Europe, the deadline is creeping closer.In this article, we take a look at how Brexit could impact your weekly shop. Less cheese (Image: Sunday Mirror) A report by ... Read more...
08 April 2019
Our recent research investigates the value of this resource to local residents in England and Wales, using house prices. Analysis of house prices is a well-established method within urban and environmental economics for ... Read more...
02 April 2019
A new analysis suggests a trajectory and policy recommendations, write Adeline Pelletier, Susanna Khavul and Saul Estrin. In the past decade, mobile payment systems (MPS) have rapidly emerged in many developing economies... Read more...
25 March 2019
Abi Adams, a specialist in behavioral economics at the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) in London, UK, tells the BBC that new websites and online shopping applications "are changing our relationship with money."... Read more...
To what extent does the way we bank affect the way we spend, or don't spend, our money? Guest: Abi Adams, Behavioural Economist at the University of Oxford.... Read more...
24 March 2019
The average worker has had to spend more than £404, equivalent to more than a week's wages, in the first year after the Brexit vote, according to a report by the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (C... Read more...
08 February 2019
01 February 2019
Snippet: ...poll. Everyday dairy products such as butter, yoghurt and cheese could become luxury items in Britain after Brexit, with price rises being caused by the slightest delay in the journey from farm to ... Read more...
08 December 2018
A feedback cycle has businesses cautious on investment and consumers unwilling to spend In a 2015 working paper, the economists Scott R. Baker, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis constructed Economic Policy Uncertainty... Read more...
21 July 2016
As June 23 looms closer and closer and Britain makes the ultimate decision whether it should stay in the European Union or go it alone, a recent thorough analysis by Holger Breinlich, Swati Dhingra, Thomas Sampson and Jo... Read more...
17 June 2016
Economists care a great deal about the minimum wage because it is a policy prescription that increasingly affects a large portion of the workforce and because it is a clear case of government intervention, imposing a flo... Read more...
09 June 2016
Economists for Brexit, argues that such an alternative exists. It rejects post-exit deals with the EU and instead recommends unilateral free trade and reliance for market access on the rules of the World Trade Organisati... Read more...
Britons would benefit from lower prices if the U.K. left the European Union, according to Patrick Minford, a professor at Cardiff University and co-chairman of Economists for Brexit. According to Minford, t... Read more...
27 May 2016
The OECD published a report analysing the economic consequences of a UK exit from the EU. Presenting the findings of the report at the London School of Economics this morning, Gurria described the impact of leaving the E... Read more...
27 April 2016
18 December 2015
15 December 2015
Telecoms regulators can now be confident that their market interventions to reduce mobile operators' prices for connecting calls - so-called termination charges - will benefit consumers. That is the central conclusion ... Read more...
01 August 2015