Trilemma of pandemic-related health emergency, economic policy uncertainty and partisan conflict in the United States: A time-varying analysis evidence

Seyi Akadiri (), Andrew Adewale Alola () and Ahdi Noomen Ajmi
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Andrew Adewale Alola: Istanbul Gelisim University

Journal of Economics and Finance, 2022, vol. 46, issue 4, No 9, 784 pages

Abstract: Abstract The events in the year 2020, especially the ravaging coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has further exposed the vulnerability and connectedness associated with human health and the global economy. In the United States, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the recent political polarization, especially the sharp divide between the Republican and Democrat party has further demonstrated the heightened partisan conflict in the country. From this basis, the current study examines the time-varying Granger causality between pandemic-related health emergency, partisan conflict, and economic policy uncertainty (EPU) in the United States over period January 1996 to June 2020. While there is an evidence of common time-varying Granger causality between August 2005 and September 2006 from pandemic-related health emergency to partisan, the evidence of Granger causality from partisan conflict to pandemic is common in the period of January to May 2009. In addition, the Granger causality between partisan conflict and EPU is obviously common between February and May 2020. As a policy concern, we are of the opinion that mechanism toward diffusing the heightened political divide in the United States is essential and be pursued for the country’s economic and health sector challenges.

Keywords: Pandemic; Partisan Conflict; Economic Policy Uncertainty; Time-Varying Approach; Time Series; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E3 H3 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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