...Mateusz Dadej Purpose The literature mostly investigates the business cycle transmission of the United Kingdom (UK) and France as a part of a wider group (e.g. European Exchange Rate Mechanism or G7), despite their historical links and regional significance. Thus, herein paper aims to analyse...

...Nicholas Apergis; Nicola Lynch Purpose Using survey datasets, the purpose of this work explores the impact of economic freedom on the gender pay gap in the UK. Design/methodology/approach The analysis combines Economic Freedom of the World data with the Understanding Society (USoc) Microdata...

...Chrysovalantis Amountzias Purpose This study investigates the pricing decisions of the UK wholesale and retail food, beverages and tobacco sector over 2007–2016 using 19 four-digit level NACE Rev.2 classification industries. Design/methodology/approach The Hall (1988) and Roeger (1995) model...

...Emmanuel Apergis; Nicholas Apergis Purpose This paper empirically explores the role of skill losses during unemployment behind firms' behaviour in interviewing long-term unemployed Design/methodology/approach The analysis makes use of the Work Employment Relations Survey in the UK, while...

...Constantinos Alexiou; Sofoklis Vogiazas Purpose Housing prices in the UK offer an inspiring, yet a complex and under-explored research area. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the critical factors that affect UK’s housing prices. Design/methodology/approach The authors utilize...

...Alcides J. Padilla; Alexander Garrido Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the causes that determine the UK’s civilian research and development (R&D) expenditure to forecast its possible evolution in a post-Brexit scenario. Design/methodology/approach The authors use...