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Uncertainty about the war in Ukraine: Measurement and effects on the German economy


AutorenlisteGrebe, M; Kandemir, S; Tillmann, P

Jahr der Veröffentlichung2024

Seiten493-506

ZeitschriftJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Bandnummer217

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.11.015

VerlagElsevier


Abstract

We assemble a data set of more than eight million German Twitter posts related to the war in Ukraine. Based on state-of-the-art methods of text analysis, we construct a daily index of uncertainty about the war as perceived by German Twitter. We then estimate a VAR model with daily financial and macroeconomic data and identify an exogenous uncertainty shock. The increase in uncertainty has strong effects on financial markets and causes a significant decline in economic activity as well as an increase in expected inflation. We find the effects of uncertainty to be particularly strong in the first months of the war.




Zitierstile

Harvard-ZitierstilGrebe, M., Kandemir, S. and Tillmann, P. (2024) Uncertainty about the war in Ukraine: Measurement and effects on the German economy, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 217, pp. 493-506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.11.015

APA-ZitierstilGrebe, M., Kandemir, S., & Tillmann, P. (2024). Uncertainty about the war in Ukraine: Measurement and effects on the German economy. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 217, 493-506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.11.015


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