TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wood,B.Dan
TI  - The Politics of Economic Leadership: The Causes and Consequences of Presidential Rhetoric 
SN  - 9780691225623
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Annual Economic Report of the President
KW  - Barrett, Andrew
KW  - Blumenthal, Sidney
KW  - Brace, Paul
KW  - Bureau of Economic Analysis
KW  - Bureau of the Budget
KW  - Canes-Wrone, Brandice
KW  - Chappell, Henry W
KW  - Clark, Harold D
KW  - Council of Economic Advisors
KW  - Druckman, James N
KW  - Economic Report to Congress
KW  - Erickson, Robert S
KW  - Federal Reserve Board
KW  - GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
KW  - Gergen, David
KW  - Great Depression
KW  - Greenstein, Fred
KW  - Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
KW  - Heclo, Hugh
KW  - Hinckley, Barbara
KW  - Iran hostage crisis
KW  - Jacobs, Lawrence R
KW  - Keech, William P
KW  - Kernell, Samuel J
KW  - Keynesian economics
KW  - Machiavelli, Niccolo
KW  - Mueller, John
KW  - National Economie Council
KW  - Norpoth, Helmut
KW  - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
KW  - Page, Benjamin I
KW  - Peake, Jeffrey
KW  - Ragsdale, Lyn
KW  - Roosevelt, Theodore
KW  - Stimson, James A
KW  - Treasury Department
KW  - WCALC
KW  - Welch, Reed
KW  - Wilson, Woodrow
KW  - economic growth
KW  - elections
KW  - energy crisis
KW  - executive orders
KW  - inertia
KW  - institutional prerogatives
KW  - intensity of economic rhetoric
KW  - misery index
KW  - reverse causality as factor
KW  - scandals
KW  - stagflation
KW  - systematic relationships
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Tables --; Preface --; CHAPTER 1 Presidential Words and the Economy --; CHAPTER 2 Measuring the Intensity and Tone of Presidential Rhetoric about the Economy --; CHAPTER 3 What Determines the Intensity and Tone of Presidential Rhetoric on the Economy? --; CHAPTER 4 Four Cases of a President's Rhetorical Leadership of the Economy --; CHAPTER 5 Do Presidents Affect Public Approval of Their Job Performance through Economic Rhetoric? --; CHAPTER 6 Does Presidential Rhetoric on the Economy Affect Economic Behavior and Performance? --; CHAPTER 7 Why Should We Care about Presidents' Economic Rhetoric? --; Notes --; References --; Index; restricted access
N2  - The American president is widely viewed by the public and media as the nation's single most influential political and economic figure. But social scientists have often concluded that presidential words fall "on deaf ears" or have little lasting impact on policy or public opinion. Then why did Bill Clinton make 12,798 public references to the economy during his eight years in office compared with Harry Truman's mere 2,124 during his own two terms? Why George W. Bush's 3,351 remarks during his first term? Did all these words matter? The Politics of Economic Leadership is the first comprehensive effort to examine when, why, and how presidents talk about the economy, as well as whether the president's economic rhetoric matters. It demonstrates conclusively that such presidential words do matter. Using an unprecedented compendium of every known unique statement by U.S. presidents about the economy from World War II through the first George W. Bush administration, Dan Wood measures the relative intensity and optimism of presidents' economic rhetoric. His pathbreaking statistical analysis shows that presidential words can affect everything from approval of the president's job performance to perceptions of economic news, consumer confidence, consumer behavior, business investment, and interest rates. The impacts are both immediate and gradual. Ultimately, Wood concludes, rhetoric is indeed a tool of presidential leadership that can be used unilaterally to affect a range of political and economic outcomes
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691225623?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691225623
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691225623/original
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