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Political bickering and policy uncertainty take a toll on business investment, research shows

  • Written by Charles Sims, Professor of Economics, University of Tennessee
Political bickering and policy uncertainty take a toll on business investment, research showsFactionalism isn't great for the bottom line. Sefa Ozel/E+ via Getty Images

Partisan squabbling isn’t just annoying – it’s also bad for business.

That’s what my colleagues and I found in a recent study on how uncertainty in environmental policy affects business investment.

First, we analyzed more than 300 million newspaper...

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