On the time-varying effects of economic policy uncertainty on the US economy

dc.contributor.authorPrüser, Jan
dc.contributor.authorSchlösser, Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-21T11:29:08Z
dc.date.available2021-05-21T11:29:08Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-11
dc.description.abstractWe study the impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) on the US Economy by using a VAR with time‐varying coefficients. The coefficients are allowed to evolve gradually over time which allows us to discover structural changes without imposing them a priori. We find three different regimes, which match the three major periods of the US economy, namely the Great Inflation, the Great Moderation and the Great Recession. The initial impact on real GDP ranges between −0.2% for the Great Inflation and Great Recession and −0.15% for the Great Moderation. In addition, the adverse effects of EPU are more persistent during the Great Recession providing an explanation for the slow recovery. This regime dependence is unique for EPU as the macroeconomic consequences of Financial Uncertainty turn out to be rather time invariant.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2003/40185
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-22057
dc.language.isoende
dc.relation.ispartofseriesOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics;Vol. 82, 2020, Issue 5. Pages 1217-1237
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc310
dc.titleOn the time-varying effects of economic policy uncertainty on the US economyen
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eldorado.secondarypublication.primarycitationOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. Vol. 82, 2020, Issue 5. pp 1217-1237de
eldorado.secondarypublication.primaryidentifierhttps://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12380de

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