Macroeconomic effects of political risk shocks

Sinem Hacioglu Hoke

No 841, Bank of England working papers from Bank of England

Abstract: We investigate the macroeconomic effects of political risk in an information-rich SVAR. Using an external instrument based on an index of US partisan conflict for identification, we find that reduced political risk has expansionary impact: it is immediately priced into stock prices; increases firms’ credit availability, employment and investments while households invest and consume more — ultimately output rises. As an important driver of economic dynamics in medium to long term, the shock create an aggregate supply effect where output growth and inflation move in opposite directions, and generates a trade-off between inflation stabilization and output growth during turbulent periods. Key words: political risk shocks, partisan conflict, identification with external instruments.

Keywords: Political; Risk; Shocks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C36 E03 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51 pages
Date: 2019-12-20
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-fdg, nep-mac and nep-pol
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