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How do households respond to economic policy uncertainty? Evidence from China

ABSTRACT This article empirically examines the impacts of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on household income and how they adjust their consumption expenditure and savings using a newly developed provincial EPU index in China. The findings show that the uncertainty shock lowers household income and households primarily responded by reducing their non-durable spending. The impacts of uncertainty shock are more pronounced in older, male-headed and urban households.