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The EEPA Compendium is an annual publication that compiles all of the shortlisted projects to celebrate their achievements and provide an insight into the awards process. This year’s Compendium features introductions to all of the shortlisted projects, as well as additional information on the Grand...

This paper studies the impact of the threat of trade barriers caused by the Brexit referendum on labour markets. It finds that regions that were more exposed to potential barriers on professional services exports to the EU experienced a significant relative decline in online job adverts after the...

This paper studies the impact of Brexit on the UK’s trade with the EU, relative to its trade with the rest of the world. It finds that the UK’s departure from the EU’s Single Market at the start of 2021 led to a sudden and persistent 25% fall in relative UK imports from the EU, but only to a smaller...

(Why) do prices and inflation rates differ within the euro area? This paper studies the relevance of a national border between Austria and Germany for grocery prices, and finds large assortment and price differences between these two regions.

This paper estimates the impact of participation in Global Value Chains (GVCs) on unemployment. It shows that a higher participation reduces the unemployment rate in less advanced EU economies, while it increases it in core countries.

This paper derives a European Herfindahl–Hirschman concentration index from 15 micro-aggregated country datasets. It finds that changes in concentration in Europe are positively associated with changes in productivity and allocative efficiency.

Has the Euro created a more competitive market? Using a staggered difference-in-differences design, this paper finds that the Euro has increased firm-level market power between 23% and 30%, after its adoption.