The U.K.'s decision to leave the EU and the voting in of the protectionist Donald Trump to the US presidency has drawn both the UK and the USA into the Nash Trap.U.S. mathematician John Nash (the movie ‘A Beautiful Mind') postulated that Adam Smith's declaration that ‘In competition,...

Galvanized by the devastation of the Second World War, European countries achieved a historically unprecedented and unparalleled level of regional economic integration in the postwar period. Intensive cooperation between the two biggest powers of continental Western Europe, France, and Germany,...

The Brexit vote has considerably increased economic uncertainty in Europe and beyond. It will likely affect economic performance and in particular investment in the euro area, which are both already relatively weak. The impact of this uncertainty shock on the euro area and the German economy is...

Die Entscheidung für einen Brexit hat die Konjunkturängste innerhalb und außerhalb Europas verstärkt. Die Auswirkungen der mit dieser Entscheidung verbundenen ökonomischen Unsicherheit auf den Euroraum und die deutsche Wirtschaft lassen sich mit ökonometrischen Methoden abschätzen. Einer...

Die Entscheidung für einen Brexit hat die Konjunkturängste innerhalb und außerhalb Europas verstärkt. Die Auswirkungen der mit dieser Entscheidung verbundenen ökonomischen Unsicherheit auf den Euroraum und die deutsche Wirtschaft lassen sich mit ökonometrischen Methoden abschätzen. Einer...

This paper assesses the economic implications of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. The basic data on trade in goods and services and investment between the two parties suggest that cost of ‘Brexit’ could be substantial. Trade between the UK and the EU27 is large and of a similar...

Galvanized by the devastation of the Second World War, European countries achieved a historically unprecedented and unparalleled level of regional economic integration in the postwar period. Intensive cooperation between the two biggest powers of continental Western Europe, France, and Germany,...

This paper examines the shortcomings in the UK government's Brexit negotiation strategy which reflected Prime Minister Theresa May's weak political leadership. The Prime Minister focused on securing the short-term political survival of her government amidst turbulent and fractious domestic...