Economic policy uncertainty and economic activity in Turkey

Saygin Sahinoz and Evren Erdoğan Coşar
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Saygin Cevik

Applied Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 25, issue 21, 1517-1520

Abstract: We construct economic policy uncertainty (EPU) index for Turkey based on newspaper coverage frequency. The EPU index reflects the frequency counts of articles in major Turkish newspapers that contain specific terms related to economy, policy and uncertainty. The EPU index rises around national elections (2002, 2007 and 2015), domestic uncertainty periods (2008 and 2013), domestic and global financial crisis periods (2001 and 2009) and the Euro area debt crisis in 2011. The investigation of the impact of EPU on economic activity reveals that policy uncertainty has adverse impacts on economic growth, consumption and investment in Turkey. Remarkable is that high uncertainty leads to a greater investment decline than output and consumption.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2018.1430321

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