Replication data for: Why Has US Policy Uncertainty Risen since 1960?

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Scott R. Baker; Nicholas Bloom; Brandice Canes-Wrone; Steven J. Davis; Jonathan Rodden

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Project Citation:

Baker, Scott R., Bloom, Nicholas, Canes-Wrone, Brandice, Davis, Steven J., and Rodden, Jonathan. Replication data for: Why Has US Policy Uncertainty Risen since 1960? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112818V1

Project Description

Summary: We consider two classes of explanations for the rise in policy-related economic uncertainty in the United States since 1960. The first stresses growth in government spending, taxes, and regulation. A second stresses increased political polarization and its implications for the policymaking process and policy choices.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
      E23 Macroeconomics: Production
      E52 Monetary Policy
      E61 Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
      E62 Fiscal Policy
      H50 National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
      L51 Economics of Regulation

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