Economics Papers series

BIS Main Economic Papers Series

• June 2011 - Supporting analysis for the Higher Education White Paper  (PDF, 4.3 Mb) 
• May 2011 - International trade and investment - the economic rationale for government support (PDF, 1.5 Mb) 
• March 2011 - Productivity and the economic cycle (PDF, 1.0 Mb) 
• February 2011 - The economic consequences for the UK and the EU of completing the Single Market (PDF, 550 Kb) 
• December 2010 - Manufacturing in the UK: Supplementary analysis (PDF, 545 Kb) 
• December 2010 - Manufacturing in the UK: An economic analysis of the sector (PDF, 483 Kb) 
• November 2010 - Economic growth: Executive summary (PDF, 144 Kb) 
• November 2010 - Economic growth (main paper) (PDF, 1.0 Mb)   
• November 2010 - UK trade performance: Patterns in UK and global trade growth  (PDF, 1.2 Mb) 
• October 2010 - Understanding local growth  (PDF, 833 Kb) 
• March 2010 - Learning from some of Britain's successful sectors: An historical analysis of the role of government (PDF, 1.5 Mb) 
• March 2010 - Internationalisation of innovative and high growth SMEs (PDF, 2.2 Mb) 
• March 2010 - Supporting analysis for "Skills for growth: The national skills strategy" (PDF, 1.1 Mb) 
• February 2010 - The space economy in the UK: an economic analysis of the sector and the role of policy (PDF, 1.6 Mb) 
• January 2010 -  Life sciences in the UK - economic analysis and evidence for 'Life sciences 2010: delivering the blueprint' (PDF, 2.8 Mb)  
• July 2009 - Towards a low carbon economy: economic analysis and evidence for a low carbon industrial strategy (PDF, 3020KB)
  

BERR Main Economics Papers Series

• February 2009 - The globalisation of value chains and industrial transformation in the UK (PDF, 1552KB)
• February 2009 - China and India: opportunities and challenges for UK business (PDF, 2138KB)
• December 2008 - Regulation and innovation: evidence and policy implications (PDF, 1027KB)
• November 2008 - High growth firms in the UK: lessons from an analysis of comparative UK performance (PDF, 1102KB)
• September 2008 - Five dynamics of change in global manufacturing. Supporting analysis for 'Manufacturing strategy: new challenges, new opportunities' (PDF, 1309KB)
• February 2008 - BERR's role in raising productivity: new evidence (PDF, 1079KB)
  

DTI Main Economics Papers Series

• January 2007 - Business services and globalisation: DTI economics paper no.19 (PDF)
• July 2006 - International trade and investment - the economic rationale for government support (PDF)
• March 2006 - UK Productivity and Competitiveness Indicators 2006 – DTI economics paper No. 17 (PDF)
• March 2006 - Science, engineering and technology skills in the UK - DTI economics paper No. 16 (PDF)
• November 2005 - DTI Economics Paper No 15 - Creativity, Design and Business Performance (PDF)
• October 2005 - Public policy: using market based approaches - DTI economics paper no 14 (PDF)
• August 2005 - Corporate governance human resource management and firm performance - DTI economics paper no 13 (PDF)
• May 2005 - The Empirical Economics of Standards - DTI Economics Paper no. 12 (PDF)
• March 2005 - R&D Intensive Businesses - DTI Economics Paper no. 11 (PDF)
• July 2004 - Liberalisation and globalisation: Maximising the benefits of international trade and investment - DTI economics paper no 10  (PDF)
• July 2004 - Benefits from Competition: some Illustrative UK Cases (PDF)
• March 2004 - Raising UK productivity - developing the evidence base for policy - DTI Economics Paper No 8 (PDF)
• November 2003 - Competing in the Global Economy: The Innovation Challenge - DTI Economics Paper no. 7 (PDF)
• November 2003 - UK productivity and competitiveness indicators 2003 - DTI Economics Paper no 6 (PDF)
• November 2003 - DTI Strategy – The analysis - DTI economics paper no 5 (PDF)
• June 2003 - Options for a low carbon future: DTI economics paper no 4 (PDF)
• May 2003 - UK competitiveness: moving to the next stage - DTI economics paper no 3 (PDF)
• April 2003 - Comparative study of the British and Italian clothing and textile industries (PDF)
• February 2003 - Bundling, tying and portfolio effects – Part 1 – Conceptual issues (PDF)
• February 2003 - Bundling, tying and portfolio effects – Part 2 – case studies  (PDF)
  
  

The main series is complemented by two further series:

• The Occasional Papers series, including literature reviews, appraisal and evaluation guidance, technical papers and economic essays and think pieces; and
• Sector Competitiveness Studies - comparative studies and analyses of the competitiveness of different productive sectors of the UK economy.
  
  

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