Brexit and coronavirus: financial perspectives and future prospects
本文综述了英国脱欧与新冠疫情对英国经济的影响，包括投资、增长、贸易、失业和金融市场，并介绍了相关会议论文，指出脱欧和疫情对英国经济造成严重压力，但某些行业表现出韧性，且脱欧后英国与非欧盟市场贸易更自由。
The economic landscape of the UK has been significantly shaped by the intertwined issues of Brexit, COVID, and their interconnected impacts. The disruptions caused by Brexit and the COVID pandemic have created uncertainty and upheaval for both businesses and individuals. Whilst the effects of COVID are now receding, Brexit is still dominating headlines seven years after the referendum and is likely to do so for the foreseeable future. In this introduction, we provide an overview of the literature on Brexit. We review the reasons for leaving the European Union, as well examine the consequences of Brexit, with a focus on investment, economic growth, trade, unemployment, and financial markets. We then introduce the seven papers, presented at the “<i>Post Brexit: Uncertainty, Risk Measurement and Coronavirus Challenges Conference</i>” held at Birmingham Business School in June 2021, that advance the current literature on the effects of Brexit and COVID on the UK economy. Evidence in these papers suggests that Brexit and COVID are still clearly posing a severe strain on the UK’s economy. However, some papers suggest that not everything about Brexit has been detrimental, or at least certain sectors of the UK economy are displaying a marked resilience. After Brexit, the UK is less restricted by some EU regulations, and a further positive consequence of Brexit has been an ability to trade more freely with non-EU markets, as the UK is working to put in place new trade agreements with many non-EU countries around the world.