@article{9ac22731c6d04dd5aa3afa25a739dc76,
title = "Measuring economic policy uncertainty in China",
abstract = "We construct a new monthly index of Economic Policy Uncertainty for China in 2000–2018 based on Chinese newspapers. Different from the existing index, ours uses information from multiple local newspapers, and foreshadows declines in equity price, employment and output. Media censorship does not seem to have qualitative impact to our index. Moreover, we develop a daily uncertainty index and several policy-specific uncertainty indices for public use.",
keywords = "Chinese economy, Economic policy uncertainty, Media bias",
author = "Yun Huang and LUK, {Sheung Kan}",
note = "Funding Information: Yun Huang ( peggyhyun@hkbu.edu.hk ) and Paul Luk ( paulskluk@hkbu.edu.hk ) are associated with Hong Kong Baptist University. We are grateful to Hong Kong Baptist University for generous financial support ( FRG1/17-18/055 ). We thank the editor Zheng (Michael) Song, Ting Chen, Yuk Shing Cheng, Chao He, Mingming Jiang, Benny Lui, Zhiwei Xu, Xiangrong Yu and seminar participants at Hong Kong Baptist University and Wuhan University for helpful comments and discussions. All errors are our own. Funding Information: Yun Huang (peggyhyun@hkbu.edu.hk) and Paul Luk (paulskluk@hkbu.edu.hk) are associated with Hong Kong Baptist University. We are grateful to Hong Kong Baptist University for generous financial support (FRG1/17-18/055). We thank the editor Zheng (Michael) Song, Ting Chen, Yuk Shing Cheng, Chao He, Mingming Jiang, Benny Lui, Zhiwei Xu, Xiangrong Yu and seminar participants at Hong Kong Baptist University and Wuhan University for helpful comments and discussions. All errors are our own.",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1016/j.chieco.2019.101367",
language = "English",
volume = "59",
journal = "China Economic Review",
issn = "1043-951X",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}