Working Paper

Polarized Contributions but Convergent Agendas

September 2022

WP 22-29 (Superseded by WP 26-05)

This paper supersedes Working Paper 18-01 – Greed as a Source of Polarization and is superseded by Working Paper 26-05 – Polarized Contributions but Convergent Agendas

The Political Polarization Index

Marina Azzimonti

September 2013

WP 13-41 - American politics have become increasingly polarized in recent decades. To the extent that political polarization introduces uncertainty about economic policy, this pattern may have adversely affected the economy.

Macroeconomics

Working Paper

Partisanship and Fiscal Policy in Economic Unions: Evidence from U.S. States

Gerald A. Carlino,
Thorsten Drautzburg,
Robert P. Inman &
Nicholas Zarra

Revised: June 2023

WP 20-20/R – States disburse federal stimulus funds. We show that Democratic-led states spend more federal aid than Republican-led states, while Republican-led states have lower taxes. State partisanship thus shapes the effects of federal policy.

Mortgage Markets

Working Paper

“Sort Selling”: Political Polarization and Residential Choice

W. Ben McCartney,
John Orellana &
Calvin Zhang

March 2021

WP 21-14 – Partisanship and political polarization are salient features of today’s society. We merge deeds records with voter rolls and show that political polarization is more than just “political cheerleading.”