Political Sentiment and Innovation – Marginal REVOLUTION

Political Sentiment and Innovation - Marginal REVOLUTION

Are these the “animal spirits” they like to talk about?  And is this also evidence of the growing politicization of the U.S. economy?: We document political sentiment effects on US inventors. Democratic inventors are more likely to patent (relative to Republicans) after the 2008 election of Obama but less likely after the 2016 election of […]