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







