Brexit or Fixit? The Trade and Welfare Effects of Leaving the European Union

The Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics launched a report in May 2014 called ‘Brexit or Fixit? The Trade and Welfare Effects of Leaving the European Union’.

On balance, the report concluded that leaving the EU would be likely to impose substantial costs on the UK economy and would be a very risky gamble.

CEP: Press Release, 16.05.14: Brexit or Fixit? The Trade and Welfare Effects of Leaving the European Union http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/_new/news/releases/2014_05_16.pdf

EUObserver, 16.05.14: Brexit would be 'very costly gamble', warns think tank http://euobserver.com/news/124168

ESO: Background information: Where’s The Insider Advantage? A comparative study of UK exports to EU and non-EU nations between 1960 and 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/wheres-the-insider-advantage-a-comparative-study-of-uk-exports-to-eu-and-non-eu-nations-between-1960-and-2012/

ESO: Background information: EU exit is bad for business, says UK lobby group http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-exit-is-bad-for-business-says-uk-lobby-group/

ESO: Background information: Open Europe briefing: The real Brexit debate – how easy would it be for the UK to leave the EU and what trade deal could it get instead? http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-new-open-europe-briefing-the-real-brexit-debate-how-easy-would-it-be-for-the-uk-to-leave-the-eu-and-what-trade-deal-could-it-get-instead/

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 22.05.14: Leaving the European Union would likely have a significant negative impact on the UK’s economy http://bit.ly/Rb1WoA

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