Divided government and stock returns

We document that unified US governments are associated with higher annual excess and real stock return than divided US governments. For the value-weighted portfolio the difference is 9.95% and for the equal-weighted 18.37%. These results are statistically and economically significant and robust in s...

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Main Authors: Wilson, M, Papamichalis, T
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: 2021

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