Mind the Gap! Policy Dissonance and Financial Markets

• In Event: COVID-19 and Institutions in Comparative Perspective

Brief Overview

Sentiment analysis of 1,200 public remarks, statements, and speeches made by President Donald J. Trump during the pandemic shows that policy dissonance within and between daily Covid-19 and economic policy remarks raise financial market volatility.

Authors

• Allyson Lucinda Benton, City, University of London

• Andrew Q Philips, University of Colorado Boulder