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June 16, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on June 16, 2017
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The Economic Case for a More Liberal Immigration Policy

In his now-classic work The myth of the rational voter, Bryan Caplan identifies four systematic biases about economics held by the average citizen: make-work bias (an inclination to overestimate the disadvantages of temporary job destruction due to productivity increases), anti-market bias (a tendency to overlook the benefits of the market as a coordination mechanism), pessimistic bias (an inclination to underestimate the present and future performance of the economy), and anti-foreign bias (a tendency to underestimate the economic benefits of interaction with foreigners).
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March 29, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on March 29, 2017
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Challenges for a Global Britain Outside the European Union – Migration, Trade and Finance

Today, March 29th 2017, Prime Minister Theresa May officially triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, thereby beginning the formal process of withdrawing the United Kingdom from the European Union.
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January 1, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on January 1, 2017
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Free to Move

People greatly overestimate the immigrant share of the population and many wrongly believe that openness to migration harms Britons’ job prospects, burdens public finances and services and makes housing prohibitively expensive.
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December 15, 2015
Published by EPICENTER on December 15, 2015
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Brexit, Benefits and the Future of the EU

As we near the end of 2015, open borders and the free movement of people are questioned and threatened. In the midst of this, the British referendum on membership and the prospect of a ‘Brexit’ have gained momentum and significance.
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December 1, 2015
Published by EPICENTER on December 1, 2015
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Openness Can Pay Off: the Economic Impact of Migrants

Existing evidence from large refugee migrations and the recent influx of Syrian migrants into Middle Eastern countries shows no adverse effects of migration on native workers. In some instances, the findings show beneficial effects due to worker complementarities.
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November 24, 2015
Published by EPICENTER on November 24, 2015
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The EU’s Migration Fund Is Likely to Prove Ineffective

On November 12 at the Valletta Summit on Migration, the focus briefly shifted away from the Syrian refugee crisis and back to the high-risk Mediterranean migration route from the coast of Tunisia to Greece and Italy traveled by thousands Africans earlier this year.
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