Microeconomics Unit research
The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) research into competition, innovation, productivity and growth.
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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
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