Measuring Climate Policy Uncertainty

By K. Gavriilidis. 2021

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This study presents a new measure of uncertainty related to climate policy, based on news from major US newspapers. The Climate Policy Uncertainty (CPU) index spikes near important events related to climate policy, such as new emissions legislation, global strikes about climate change and President’s statements about climate policy, among other developments. Our findings suggest that climate policy uncertainty has a strong and negative effect on CO2 emissions.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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