Discussion paper

DP13352 Economic Policy Uncertainty in Turkey

Uncertainty over economic policy plays a key role in economic outcomes. But evidence and quantification for emerging markets are elusive because of measurement and reverse causality issues. In this paper, we construct a news-based economic policy uncertainty (EPU) index for Turkey and assess how it affects Turkish firms. To disentangle the issues of endogeneity and reverse causality, we use a difference-in-differences approach. In sectors with large irreversible investment EPU has a greater effect on growth, investment, and leverage. The results are robust to different definitions of investment irreversibility, lag structure, and selection of sectors.

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Citation

Spilimbergo, A (2018), ‘DP13352 Economic Policy Uncertainty in Turkey‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 13352. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp13352