This paper estimates the welfare effects of Brexit in the medium to long run, focusing on
trade and fiscal transfers. We use a standard quantitative general equilibrium trade model …

We analyse the voting pattern in the June 23 rd referendum on the continued participation of
the United Kingdom in the European Union and evaluate the reasons for the results. We find …

In this paper, we quantify the “Cost of Non-Europe”, that is, the trade-related welfare gains
each country member has reaped from the European Union (EU). Thirty years after the …

Under the background of technological revolutions, counter-globalization and industrial
changes, exploring the economic growth model has become an important issue. Hence, the …

Employing a wide range of individual-level surveys, we study the extent of cultural and
institutional heterogeneity within the EU and how this changed between 1980 and 2008. We …

Anticipated trade, insurance, and fiscal shocks from independence structure preferences for
secession independently from nonmaterial considerations. To test this claim, we draw from …

Some of the richest places in the world have very high historical border presence, and are
often located in particular geographic environments. In this paper we compile grid-cell level …

Are country borders still an impediment to trade flows within Europe? Using a rich microlevel
survey with 3 million annual shipments of goods by road across 269 European regions, we …

Trade effects on atmospheric air contamination of countries have received increasing global
policy focus over the past few decades. The United Kingdom is committed to changing the …

The global community has seen the existential threat of climate change caused by rising
carbon dioxide emissions. But arising out of the 2015 United Nations Sustainable …