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Economic policy uncertainty and small business expansion [PDF]

Is uncertainty causing small business owners to behave in ways that are hindering the recovery? That question is at the center of an intense public debate.
Mark E. Schweitzer, Scott Shane
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Jointness of Growth Determinants [PDF]

, 2006
Model uncertainty arises from uncertainty about correct economic theories, data issues and empirical specification problems. This paper investigates mutual dependence or jointness among variables in explaining the dependent variable.
Doppelhofer, Gernot, Weeks, Melvyn
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The Taylor Rule and Interest Rate Uncertainty in the U.S. 1970-2006 [PDF]

This paper shows how to estimate forecast uncertainty about future short-term interest rates by combining a time-varying Taylor rule with an unobserved components model of economic fundamentals.
Martin Mandler
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Economic Policy Uncertainty and Energy Efficiency in OECD Countries: Exploring the Moderating Role of Environmental Policy Stringency

SAGE Open
Energy efficiency is a major area of attention in international efforts to prevent climate change and optimise resource usage since it is essential for fostering sustainable economic growth.
Heng Luo, Ying Sun
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Policy Advice Derived From Simulation Models [PDF]

When advising policy we face the fundamental problem that economic processes are connected with uncertainty and thus policy can err. In this paper we show how the use of simulation models can reduce policy errors.
Brenner, Thomas, Werker, Claudia
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Uncertainty and climate change policy [PDF]

The paper consists of a summary of the main sources of uncertainty about climate change, and a discussion of the major implications for economic analysis and the formulation of climate policy. Uncertainty typically implies that the optimal policy is more
John Quiggin
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Uncertainty, financial development and economic growth: an empirical analysis [PDF]

This paper examines whether financial sector development may partly undo growth-reducing effects of policy uncertainty. By performing a cross-country growth regression for the 1970-1995 period I find evidence that countries with a more developed ...
Lensink, Robert
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What is the best environmental policy? Taxes, permits and rules under economic and environmental uncertainty [PDF]

We welfare rank different types of second-best environmental policy. The focus is on the roles of uncertainty and public finance. The setup is the basic stochastic neoclassical growth model augmented with the assumptions that pollution occurs as a by ...
Apostolis Philippopoulos, George Economides, Konstantinos Angelopoulos   +2 more
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Economic policy uncertainty index and economic activity: what causes what?

Croatian Operational Research Review, 2017
This paper is a follow-up on the Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) index, developed in 2011 by Baker, Bloom, and Davis. The principal idea of the EPU index is to quantify the level of uncertainty in an economic system, based on three separate pillars ...
Ivana Lolić, Petar Sorić, Mirjana Čižmešija   +2 more
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Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty: Suggestions for Measurement for Vietnam

Tạp chí Phát triển và Hội nhập
This article provides an overview of how to measure uncertainty and economic policy uncertainty in some countries around the world. Using meta-analysis, a statistical technique that combines results from multiple similar studies to provide a more ...
Nhu Huynh Le
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