The Economic
Incompetence of Republican Presidents
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/democratic-administrations-historically-outperform-on-economy-by-j-bradford-delong-2020-10
Presidents and the US Economy: An Econometric Exploration
https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/aer.20140913
“The US economy has performed better when the president of the United States is a Democrat rather than a Republican, almost regardless of how one measures performance. For many measures, including real GDP growth (our focus), the performance gap is large and significant. This paper asks why. The answer is not found in technical time series matters nor in systematically more expansionary monetary or fiscal policy under Democrats. Rather, it appears that the Democratic edge stems mainly from more benign oil shocks, superior total factor productivity (TFP) performance, a more favorable international environment, and perhaps more optimistic consumer expectations about the near-term future”.
Trump’s Crony
Capitalism
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-crony-capitalism-in-america-by-anne-krueger-2020-10
Biden’s Economic Edge
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/joe-biden-better-economic-policies-than-donald-trump-by-jeffrey-frankel-2020-10
The Economic Case for Biden
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/economic-case-for-biden-harris-by-edmund-s-phelps-2020-09
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/democratic-administrations-historically-outperform-on-economy-by-j-bradford-delong-2020-10
Presidents and the US Economy: An Econometric Exploration
https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/aer.20140913
“The US economy has performed better when the president of the United States is a Democrat rather than a Republican, almost regardless of how one measures performance. For many measures, including real GDP growth (our focus), the performance gap is large and significant. This paper asks why. The answer is not found in technical time series matters nor in systematically more expansionary monetary or fiscal policy under Democrats. Rather, it appears that the Democratic edge stems mainly from more benign oil shocks, superior total factor productivity (TFP) performance, a more favorable international environment, and perhaps more optimistic consumer expectations about the near-term future”.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-crony-capitalism-in-america-by-anne-krueger-2020-10
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/joe-biden-better-economic-policies-than-donald-trump-by-jeffrey-frankel-2020-10
The Economic Case for Biden
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/economic-case-for-biden-harris-by-edmund-s-phelps-2020-09