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Traf also said that in 2015, one of the most comprehensive studies on the impact of Sunday trade on the European economy was published, published by the London Center for Economic Performance (CEP), a research... Read more...
23 November 2017
Maria Sanchez Vidal: "the coexistence between Commerce of proximity and large surfaces trade is possible" Is author of a study on the effect of the introduction of superstores in respect of a city... Read more...
24 January 2017
Article by Christian Hilber In the first of a two-part article discussing the British planning system, Christian Hilber, Associate Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics, argues that the UK pl... Read more...
06 July 2016
New research by London school of economics Professor Christian Hilber and Wouter Vermeulen of the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis provides strength and evidence of the connection between high housing pr... Read more...
12 April 2016
It costs a relatively large amount of money to buy a house in the UK - something readers from the UK will almost certainly agree with. But economists differ over why this is. This column argues that strict planning regul... Read more...
10 April 2016
Source: London School of Economics and Political Science Country: World Abstract Does economic activity relocate away from areas that are at high risk of recurring shocks? We examine this question in the context of floo... Read more...
03 March 2016
Paul Cheshire is interviewed about building on the green belt in the South East. The interview was broadcast by BBC South East on the Inside Out programme on February 29, 2016 Link to recorded interview here Related... Read more...
29 February 2016
Results from the Centre for Economic Performance study in March 2015 suggest deregulation of Sunday trading laws has a considerable positive impact on employment, which stems from new firms being able to enter the mark... Read more...
16 January 2016
Climate change experts have backed calls for tighter planning restrictions to prevent new building on flood plains after the worst national flooding crisis in a generation. After a major study of city floods around the w... Read more...
07 January 2016
In December talks in Paris involving more than 200 countries may result in a new agreement aimed at reducing carbon emissions. In the months leading up to the conference, The Economist will be publishing guest columns by... Read more...
11 December 2015
Dr Christos Genakos, of the London School of Economics, studied the impact of decisions to ease Sunday trading rules in 30 European countries between 1999 and 2013. He found the reforms boosted net employment by 7-9 per ... Read more...
08 July 2015
Partly as a result London house prices per square foot are now the second highest in the world after Monaco, according to the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance. The problem is acute: the average... Read more...
02 June 2015
Britain has prized the ideal of economically mixed neighbourhoods since the 19th century. Poverty and disadvantage are intensified when poor people cluster, runs the argument; conversely, the rich are unfairly helped whe... Read more...
29 January 2015
Indem sie ihren Kindern finanziell unter die Arme greifen, haben die Eltern auch unabsichtlich den offentlichen Druck entscharft, die Beschäftigungs-und Renten so zu andern, dass ihre Kinder einen leichteren Start ins B... Read more...
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