national accounts are descriptors. they describe the state of an economy and form the raw material for both assessing its performance and prescribing policy. national accounts embody information essential for economic evaluation. the framework for national accounts currently in use throughout the world, however, suffers from extreme narrowness. vast quantities of information relevant for econom...

National roaming is a form of infrastructure sharing in mobile communication networks, where an operator opens his network for a competitor’s customers and is compensated by a usage based charge. Arguments in favour of national roaming include the reduction of network investments or faster network rollout. This paper examines the effects of national roaming on competition, network investments a...

What is the link between monetary policy and equality? The Bank of England gives occasional briefing sessions to Members of Parliament. At those sessions our main message to the MPs is that when they arrive at the summit of their careers and enter the Cabinet, they will not wish to spend their time dealing with a macroeconomic crisis. Rather, they should devote time in the Cabinet to the discus...