Source: Djourelova and Durante (2019).
It is often suspected that politicians time announcements of controversial policies strategically to avoid public scrutiny.
This column reports evidence from a systematic analysis of executive orders issued by US presidents, showing that their timing is consistent with strategic behaviour. Presidents tend to issue executive orders, and specifically ones that are likely to generate negative publicity, in coincidence with other important events that distract the media and the public.
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I know that this piece is telling many people what they already know but it is good to see the evidence.
I would dearly love to see a similar analysis of political announcements made in the UK.
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