Levelling up by levelling down? The economic and political costs of Brexit

In 2016, a majority voted for Brexit despite warnings about the overall negative economic impact of leaving the EU. Recent research has shown that these warnings largely proved correct. Yet the regional economic consequences have received little attention.

CAGE theme leader Professor Thiemo Fetzer writes about his new research for academic think tank UK in a Changing Europe. With colleagues Eleonora Alabrese, Jacob Edenhofer and Shizhuo Wang, the team explore the regional costs of Brexit and the way it has reshaped the UK's political landscape.

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