Microeconomics Unit research
The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) research into competition, innovation, productivity and growth.
Part of the CMA, the Microeconomics Unit carries out economic research focusing on issues of competition, innovation and productivity to support growth in the UK economy.
The Unit provides expertise to the CMA and wider UK government, helping them to stay informed of emerging economic trends. This supports the CMA in its work to help people, businesses and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour.
Contact the Microeconomics Unit: microeconomicsunit@cma.gov.uk
Growth Programme
The Unit’s Growth Programme will analyse a range of issues, including:
- barriers to the spread of new technology and knowledge across the economy
- the role of competition in driving and directing productive investment
- the strength of competition along supply chains, and the impact of ‘upstream’ market power on downstream sectors – reflecting the importance of competitive markets for important inputs to UK economic performance and resilience
- pro-growth industrial policy interventions, and lessons from past experience and other countries, to help inform the UK government’s industrial strategy
Economic research strategy
This strategy sets out the CMA’s areas of interest and approach to economic research.
Industrial strategy
This analysis examines past industrial policies to inform the design of a modern industrial strategy for the UK.
The state of UK competition
This analysis examines how well competition is working across the UK economy.
Labour markets
This report analyses trends in the UK labour market, focusing on the impact of competition and employer market power.
Literature reviews
These reviews examine the existing evidence on issues of competition and productivity.
Discussion papers
These papers describe research in progress. We’ve published them to encourage comment and further debate on issues of competition, innovation and productivity.
Updates to this page
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Industrial strategy report published
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New literature review published
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New discussion paper published.
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First published.