Acknowledgements; Summary European Integration Timeline; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; 1 Was There Really an Economic Consensus on Brexit?; Survey of Economists; Difficulties in Reaching Firm Conclusions; CEP-LSE; The Treasury Report; Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); International Monetary Fund; National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR); Other Studies; The Need for More Comprehensive Analysis; References; 2 The Fiscal Impact of Brexit; Composition and Size of the EU Budget; Financial Management and Fraud

UK Contributions to the EU BudgetGross Contributions; The UK Rebate; Net Contributions; The Uncertainty of Future Budgetary Developments; References; 3 Brexit and Trade; The Economic Theory of Trade; Theoretical Effects of Trade Integration; Trends in Trade Development; UK Trade Development; European Trade Integration; Empirical Studies-Initial Impact of EU Membership; Empirical Studies-Medium Term Impact of EU Membership; The Predicted Trade-Related Impact from Brexit; CEP-LSE Analysis; Business for Britain Study; Minford et al.; BIS Study; OECD

The Loss of Future Trade Benefits from EU MembershipTariffs Under the 'WTO Option'; Conclusions; References; 4 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); ; Definition-What Is FDI?; Magnitude of FDI; Origin of FDI; Composition of FDI; Determinants of FDI; EU Membership; Impact of FDI upon the UK Economy; Theoretical Effects; FDI and the UK Economy; The Impact of Brexit; Attitude Surveys-International Investors; Policy Response; Conclusions; References; 5 Regulation; What Proportion of UK Laws Derive from the EU?; Is There a Problem with EU Regulation?; Most UK Businesses do not Export into the SIM

The Estimated Costs and Benefits of EU RegulationsAre National Regulations More Beneficial to the UK Economy?; Regulation After Brexit; References; 6 Migration; Introduction; The UK Labour Market-Brief Comparative Statistics; Definition; Population Density; Demographics and the Labour Force; Net Migration; Migrant Stock and Flow; Economic Theory and the Impact of Migration-A Brief Review; Motivations for Migration in Economic Theory; Economic Impact of Migration in Theory; Migration Seems to Have an Indeterminate Effect on Wages and Inequality; Migration Provides Access to Skilled Labour

Migration May Lead to Higher ProductivityMigration May Increase Flexibility; Migration Appears to Have No Significant Impact on the Overall Unemployment Rate; Migrants Could Ease the Demographic Burden and Have a Positive Financial Footprint; Migration Could Help with Economic Growth; Difficulties in, and Critique of Cost-Benefit Migration Analysis in Academic Literature; Conclusion; References; 7 Economic Growth and Productivity; Economic Theories of Growth; Openness and Economic Growth; Competition and Productivity; Openness in the UK and EU