When Policy Shapes Perception: The 2021 Child Tax Credit and Consumer Sentiment

Jacob Bastian & Melody Harvey
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CONFERENCE HELD September 17, 2026
Book: Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 41
Book editor: Damon Jones
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
Series: Tax Policy and the Economy
  • Jacob Bastian and Melody Harvey, Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 41 (University of Chicago Press, 2026), chap. 5, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/book-jone-7-stub/when-policy-shapes-perception-2021-child-tax-credit-and-consumer-sentiment.

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