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Le poids des emotions dans l'economie

29 July 2016

What is contraction that leads to uncertainty, or the opposite?
Last year, as part of a working paper, the economists Scott R. Baker, Nicholas Bloom and Steven J. Davis built a rate of economic uncertainty (UPR, Economic Policy Uncertainty) from the digital archives of newspapers from twelve countries (Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom and USA).

This article was published online by La Tribune (France) on July 29, 2016
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Related Publications
Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty, Scott R. Baker, Nicholas Bloom and Steven J. Davis, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1379, October 2015
Fluctuations in Uncertainty, Nicholas Bloom, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 28, No.2, Spring 2014
Fluctuations in Uncertainty, Nicholas Bloom, Centre for Economic Performance Occasional Paper No.38, December 2013

Related links
Nicholas Bloom webpage
Growth Programme webpage

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