In brief...Brexit and outward investment by UK firms

Holger Breinlich, Elsa Leromain, Dennis Novy and Thomas Sampson

CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: Media reports have highlighted that some UK firms have started to move production abroad in anticipation of Brexit. CEP analysis confirms that there has indeed been a substantial increase in outward investments. The shift is entirely driven by the services sector, perhaps because Brexit negotiations have made manufacturing the priority.

Keywords: brexit; investment; firms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-07-01
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