Why Has U.S. Policy Uncertainty Risen Since 1960?
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- Scott R. Baker & Nicholas Bloom & Brandice Canes-Wrone & Steven J. Davis & Jonathan Rodden, 2014. "Why Has US Policy Uncertainty Risen since 1960?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 104(5), pages 56-60, May.
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- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
- E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
- E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2014-01-24 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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