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    • Contact us

  • Media

    • News archive

  • Cooperations

    • Eli F. Heckscher Lectures

Research

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    • Labour Market Research
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    Brexflektioner – vilka blir de ekonomiska konsekvenserna av att Storbritannien lämnar EU?

    PublicationArticle (without peer review)
    Andreas Hatzigeorgiou, Brexit, EU, Företagandets villkor, Internationell handel, Magnus Lodefalk, Migration

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    En kommande brexit kommer att få politiska och ekonomiska konsekvenser, inte minst genom minskad utrikeshandel och försämrat ekonomiskt samarbete i Europa. Vi diskuterar de ekonomiska konsekvenserna av en brexit, med fokus på handel och handelspolitik. Förmodligen har de negativa ekonomiska konsekvenserna underskattats eftersom den handelshämmande effekten av minskad migration inte beaktats. Vår slutsats är att brexit kommer att försämra den ekonomiska integrationen mellan EU och Storbritannien samt leda till en försvagad brittisk handelspolitik, vilket särskilt kan drabba Sverige. För att minimera kostnaderna av brexit bör Sverige eftersträva ett så ambitiöst och heltäckande ekonomiskt partnerskapsavtal mellan EU och Storbritannien som möjligt.

    Hatzigeorgiou, A, & Lodefalk, M. (2016). Brexflektioner – vilka blir de ekonomiska konsekvenserna av att Storbritannien lämnar EU?, Ekonomisk debatt, 49(6), 15-27.

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    Hatzigeorgiou, A, & Lodefalk, M.

    Publication year

    2016

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    Ekonomisk debatt

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    magnus.lodefalk@oru.se

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