Blog post
16 November 2016
Tweeting Brexit: Narrative building and sentiment analysis
Public discourse on social media was already in favour of Brexit by early summer 2015, and stayed that way until the referendum. An analysis of more t
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Blog post
21 October 2016
Beyond hard, soft and no Brexit
There is still a certain degree of fuzziness about what the different degrees of Brexit entail. We attempt to fill this gap by setting out the options
Blog post
17 October 2016
Brexit, the pound and the UK current account
What’s at stake: UK PM Theresa May announced the intention to trigger article 50 by March 2017, the Pound Sterling crashed, and a dispute among Tesco
Blog post
27 September 2016
The Continental Partnership proposal: a reply to five main criticisms
The proposal for a Continental Partnership (CP) has received a great deal of attention. Two of the authors, André Sapir and Guntram Wolff, clarify som
Blog post
14 September 2016
The City will decline—and we will be the poorer for it
Just as the City owes much of its current awe-inspiring prosperity to European integration, the brutal realities of Brexit will make it shrink, not th
External publication
29 August 2016
Europe after Brexit: A proposal for a continental partnership
This paper leaves aside the issue of EU reform and focuses on the desirable EU-UK relationship after Brexit. The authors argue that none of the existi
Opinion piece
19 July 2016
The difficulties of defining EU-UK economic relations
Negotiations on the UK's exit from the EU have not yet begun, but the UK leadership needs to find a balance between single market access and free move
Blog post
13 July 2016
Brexit vote boosts case for inclusive growth
In the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum, income inequality and poverty boosted ‘leave’ votes, in addition to geographical differences and larger sha
Blog post
06 July 2016
Brexit and competition policy in Europe
If the UK leaves the EU without any agreement in place, this could change the way that competition law is applied. It could also make antitrust cases
Blog post
30 June 2016
Lost passports: a guide to the Brexit fallout for the City of London
If the UK cannot secure a ‘Norway’ deal and stay within the internal market, the UK will lose passporting rights for financial services and access to
Blog post
30 June 2016
No Lehman moment on currency markets after Brexit vote
While the pound sterling has lost a lot of its value right after the Brexit vote, from a historical perspective neither the fall of the exchange rate,
Blog post
29 June 2016
Brexit: who trades what with the UK?
The result of the UK referendum to leave the European union will likely impact the UK’s trade with other countries. Our database shows what products E
Blog post
29 June 2016
UK political elite used poverty & immigration fears to secure leave vote
The bulk of UK Leave voters come from disadvantaged areas, and perceive immigration as a threat. But significant exceptions to this trend in England a
Blog post
29 June 2016
Markets and broken promises in the UK referendum
After four days of violent market reactions to the prospects of Brexit, markets have paused and gained in strength slightly. Why has that happened?
Blog post
28 June 2016
Losing “EU passport” would damage City of London
If the UK cannot secure a “Norway” deal and stay within the internal market, the UK will lose the passporting rights which make London attractive as a
Blog post
28 June 2016
Bank shares take a hard hit following Brexit
In the past five days a number of banks have seen their stock value decline by large amounts.