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The election will not remove uncertainty

6 November 2012

As long as the macroeconomy is uncertain, the common wisdom says, business won't invest. And as long as business refrains from investing, "the economy contracts, generating a recession", according to a June article by Scott Baker and Nicholas Bloom of the [sic] Stanford Center for Economic Performance, and Steven Davis of Chicago Business School.

This article appeared in CFO.com magazine on November 6, 2012
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Related publications
'Economic Recovery and Policy Uncertainty', CEP US Election Analysis No.2 by Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen, October 2012
Policy uncertainty: a new indicator, by Scott R. Baker, Nicholas Bloom and Steven J. Davis. Article in CentrePiece Volume 16, Issue 3, Winter 2011/2012

Related links
Nicholas Bloom webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Productivity and Innovation Programme webpage

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