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One of the most notable claims made during the recent referendum campaign was that there was a broad consensus amongst economists, that Brexit would prove damaging to the UK economy.
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Whyman, P.B., Petrescu, A.I. (2017). Was There Really an Economic Consensus on Brexit?. In: The Economics of Brexit. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58283-2_1
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