Government ideology and economic policy-making in the United States—a survey

N Potrafke - Public Choice, 2018 - Springer
This paper describes the influence of government ideology on economic policy-making in
the United States. I review studies using data for the national, state and local levels and …

Political uncertainty and IPO activity: Evidence from US gubernatorial elections

G Çolak, A Durnev, Y Qian - Journal of Financial and Quantitative …, 2017 - cambridge.org
We analyze initial public offering (IPO) activity under political uncertainty surrounding
gubernatorial elections in the United States. There are fewer IPOs originating from a state …

Precarious politics and return volatility

M Boutchkova, H Doshi, A Durnev… - The Review of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We examine how local and global political risks affect industry return volatility. Our central
premise is that some industries are more sensitive to political events than others. We find …

The effect of political uncertainty on the cost of corporate debt

M Waisman, P Ye, Y Zhu - Journal of Financial Stability, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper we bring new empirical evidence that political uncertainty is associated with
higher corporate debt financing costs. Controlling for all bond and firm characteristics that …

The power and independence of the Federal Reserve

P Conti-Brown - 2017 - torrossa.com
Untitled Page 1 Page 2 THE POWER AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE Page
3 Page 4 THE POWER AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE PETER CONTI …

Politics or the economy? Domestic correlates of dispute involvement in developed democracies

P Arena, G Palmer - International Studies Quarterly, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Consideration of the effects of domestic politics on international conflict behavior often
consists simply of contrasting democracies with non-democracies. One notable exception is …

Does the Fed contribute to a political business cycle?

BA Abrams, P Iossifov - Public Choice, 2006 - Springer
In contrast to findings of other studies, evidence is presented to support the existence of a
Federal Reserve-induced political monetary cycle that corresponds to the US presidential …

The impact of political uncertainty on the cost of capital

F Kwabi, A Owusu, E Ezeani, A Boateng - Review of Quantitative Finance …, 2024 - Springer
We investigate the impact of political uncertainty on the relationship between foreign equity
portfolio flow and the cost of capital. Using panel data from 40 countries from 2001 to 2016 …

The size and scope of government in the US states: does party ideology matter?

C Bjørnskov, N Potrafke - International Tax and Public Finance, 2013 - Springer
We investigate empirically how party ideology influences size and scope of government as
measured by the size of government, tax structure and labor market regulation. Our dataset …

Political business cycle and economic instability-literature review

CG Tiganas, C Peptine - CES Working Papers, 2012 - econstor.eu
This paper analyzes the fundamental concepts that compose the phenomenon of political
business cycle and the models that have been created to support this theoretical …