Industrial policy in the context of Brexit Nicholas Crafts
By: Crafts, Nicholas F.R.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: 2018Subject(s): REINO UNIDO | SALIDA DE LA UNIÓN EUROPEA | ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS | DESARROLLO INDUSTRIAL | POLITICA INDUSTRIAL | ECONOMIA INDUSTRIALOnline resources: Click here to access online In: Fiscal Studies v. 39, n. 4, December 2018, p. 685-706Summary: This paper reviews UK industrial policy in the context of Brexit and weak productivity performance. It considers proposals made in a recent White Paper as well as more general arguments for reform now that the ‘post-Thatcher consensus’ has ended. The desirability of improving horizontal policies in the areas of innovation, infrastructure and skills is noted. In the event of a hard Brexit, there would be an opportunity to return to 1970s-style selective industrial policies and public-interest-based competition policy. An advantage of a soft Brexit is that it would preclude interventionism of this kind.Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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This paper reviews UK industrial policy in the context of Brexit and weak productivity performance. It considers proposals made in a recent White Paper as well as more general arguments for reform now that the ‘post-Thatcher consensus’ has ended. The desirability of improving horizontal policies in the areas of innovation, infrastructure and skills is noted. In the event of a
hard Brexit, there would be an opportunity to return to 1970s-style selective industrial policies and public-interest-based competition policy. An advantage of a soft Brexit is that it would preclude interventionism of this kind.
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