Brexit, Trump and De-Globalization

Speaker(s) Type Length Chair
Pawel Smietanka Swati Dhingra Patrick Kennedy Invited
18:30
120
mins
Swati Dhingra

New developments in the world economy - Brexit, Trump and now Covid-19 - have increased calls for economic nationalism. The three papers in this session use rich microdata to examine the actual economic impacts of the Brexit vote and the Trump trade war on firms, workers and regions.

Papers

(Listed in order of speakers above)

The Impact of Brexit on UK Firms

Read paper

Trade and Worker Deskilling

Read paper

The Return to Protectionism

Read paper