Sentiment, Productivity, and Economic Growth

38 Pages Posted: 22 Mar 2023

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George M. Constantinides

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Maurizio Montone

Utrecht University

Valerio Potì

University College Dublin

Stella Spilioti

Athens University of Economics and Business

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Date Written: March 20, 2023

Abstract

Previous research finds correlation between sentiment and future economic growth, but disagrees on the channel that explains this result. In this paper, we shed new light on this issue by exploiting cross-country variation in sentiment and market efficiency. We find that sentiment shocks in G7 countries increase economic activity, but only temporarily and without affecting productivity. By contrast, sentiment shocks in non-G7 countries predict prolonged economic growth and a corresponding increase in productivity. The results suggest that sentiment can indeed create economic booms, but only in less advanced economies where noisy asset prices make sentiment and fundamentals harder to disentangle.

JEL Classification: G10,G30,F36,F43

Suggested Citation

Constantinides, George M. and Montone, Maurizio and Potì, Valerio and Spilioti, Stella, Sentiment, Productivity, and Economic Growth (March 20, 2023). University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2023-40, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4396635 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4396635

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