Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the news-based economic policy uncertainty (EPU), research and development (R&D) expenditures per capita and innovation outputs. Design/methodology/approach: Data from 1996 to 2015 for 19 countries (Australia, Brazil,...

The objective of this paper is to examine the role of consumer confidence on the relationship between two forms of wealth - housing and financial - and four categories of consumption expenditure. which include total consumption, service, durable goods and nondurable goods consumption. This paper...