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Economic Policy Uncertainty: An Index for Malta

We construct an Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) index for Malta based on the methodology of Baker, Bloom and Davis (2015) using articles published between 2004 and 2022 from four Maltese news portals. The index spikes during general elections and other significant local or international events.
Sant, Kurt, Spiteri, Sarah
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Economic policy uncertainty and unconventional monetary policy

The Manchester School, 2022
AbstractIn this study, the US daily economic policy uncertainty (EPU) index is employed to examine how EPU changes because of the implementation of and exit from the unconventional monetary policy adopted by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The analysis suggests that forward guidance lowers the volatility of EPU.
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Economic policy uncertainty and economic activity in Turkey

Applied Economics Letters, 2018
We construct economic policy uncertainty (EPU) index for Turkey based on newspaper coverage frequency.
Saygin Sahinoz, Evren Erdogan Cosar
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Economic Policy Uncertainty and Economic Growth in India

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
Economic and political commentators in India have repeatedly noted their concern about the recent slow-down in the Indian economy. Several recent papers have provided evidence that increase in the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) has played a significant role in the slow-down and the increase in unemployment in the U.S.
Sanjai Bhagat, Pulak Ghosh, Srinivasan P. Rangan   +2 more
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Economic policy uncertainty and bank dividend policy

International Review of Economics, 2020
Does economic policy uncertainty affect bank dividend policy? Using a large sample of US bank holding companies from 2000:Q1 to 2015:Q4, this study documents banks’ decrease in dividend payouts, as well as stock repurchases due to increased precautionary behaviors during periods of high uncertainty.
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Economic Policy Uncertainty, Monetary Policy Uncertainty, and Bank Earnings Opacity

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
Using a sample of U.S. banks and indices for economic policy uncertainty and monetary policy uncertainty developed by Baker et al. (2016), we investigate whether these two sources of policy uncertainty affect bank earnings opacity. When economic and monetary policies are relatively uncertain, it is easier for bank managers to distort financial ...
Justin Y. Jin, Kiridaran Kanagaretnam, Yi Liu, Gerald J. Lobo   +3 more
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Policy uncertainty and the economic outlook

Business Economics, 2017
A large cloud of uncertainty hangs over the economic outlook, particularly the outlook for productivity growth and the long-term trend growth of output. This uncertainty stems from three sources: (a) the fiscal outlook, (b) the policy agenda shifting from campaign promises to partisan opportunity, and (c) the large reliance on executive branch actions.
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The Volatility of Economic Policy Uncertainty

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
Tacye Hong, Paul A. Kattuman
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Creativity and Economic Policy Uncertainty

Abstract<br>This study examines the relationship between creativity and economic policy uncertainty. It does so by examining the relationship between projects launched across US states via the Kickstarter platform during the period 2010–2019 and state-level measures of economic policy uncertainty.
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Effects of economic policy uncertainty

2020
The purpose of this master thesis is to empirically analyse the impact of the Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) Index during the observed period of 2004-2018. There is examined the long and short runs impact of EPU on the selected macroeconomic variables within four countries which dispones with major trading currencies. These variables, which are used
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