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Economic policy narratives: a taxonomy and application

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  • Besley, Timothy
  • Brzezinski, Adam
  • Fazzio, Jake

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This article discusses how economic policy narratives can be framed as part of the study of policy formation based on insights from an emerging literature. We offer a taxonomy that distinguishes between causal and moral policy narratives. We analyse how the political success of policy narratives depends on alignment with the interests of voters and is influenced by motivated reasoning. We then show how large language models can be used to study policy narratives through an application to narratives on the size of government voiced in the UK House of Commons over 1950–2023.

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  • Besley, Timothy & Brzezinski, Adam & Fazzio, Jake, 2026. "Economic policy narratives: a taxonomy and application," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 137241, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:137241
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    • R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics

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