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The aftermath of the Brexit vote ? the verdict from a derided expert

John Van Reenen was disappointed but not surprised by the UK?s vote to Leave the EU. Whilst his own research predicts serious economic and political damage in the case of Brexit, he thought a Leave vote was a real possib...Read more...

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The `Britain Alone? scenario: how Economists for Brexit defy the laws of gravity

There is a degree of consensus among economists that a Brexit will make us worse off. The exception is recent work by Economists for Brexit. Their forecast of income gains from Brexit contrasts with all other economic an...Read more...

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Growth multiplier: How university expansion increases national income

What impact do universities have on a country?s economy? Outlining the results of a study of universities across 78 countries, Anna Valero and John Van Reenen find that doubling the number of universities in a region inc...Read more...

CEP discussion paper

Adjusting to Capital Account Liberalization

We study theoretically how the adjustment to liberalization of international financial transaction depends upon the degree of domestic financial development. Using a model with domestic and international borrowing constr...Read more...

CEP discussion paper

Do Workers' Remittances Reduce the Probability of Current Account Reversals?

The paper combines the literature on financial crises in emerging markets and developing economies with that on international migrations by investigating whether the increasingly large flows of workers? remittances can h...Read more...