@techreport{fc1678e6b3ab4d808c87cb4f0f5a8ec4,
title = "The Influence of Negative Newspaper Coverage on Consumer Confidence: The Dutch Case",
abstract = "This paper studies the empirical relationship between the real economy, consumer confidence and economic news coverage in national newspapers for the Netherlands during the period 1990-2008. Media-attention for economic developments Granger-causes consumer confidence, with more negative news decreasing consumer confidence; this result holds when controlling for the real economy (stock-market). This suggests that in line with many popular concerns negative news is among factors influencing the hardness of the landing of the current credit-crisis, whereas positive news might have been a contributing factor in the build-up of asset- and housing bubbles.",
keywords = "Consumer Confidence, Media, VAR-analysis.",
author = "D.A. Hollanders and R. Vliegenthart",
note = "Subsequently published in the Journal of Economic Psychology (2011) Pagination: 16",
year = "2009",
language = "English",
volume = "2009-55",
series = "CentER Discussion Paper",
publisher = "Macroeconomics",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Macroeconomics",
}