Broadsheet newspapers are an important source of economic news. Using a unique dataset of more than 489,000 articles over the last 20 years, this article asks the question whether newspapers published in Scotland communicate similar economic sentiments as UK-wide newspapers. The findings show that although Scottish and UK newspapers share a positive correlation, this relationship varies over time. There is evidence of causality running mostly from the United Kingdom to Scotland. The Scottish Referendum 2014 has had an impact on newspaper reporting when there was more uncertainty in the communication. Individual newspapers respond differently during the referendum periods where some newspapers, The Daily Telegraph and Daily Record for instance reacted to the uncertainty rather strongly, whereas local newspapers represented news in a rather surprising positive note.

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国家和地区经济新闻报道之间的联系：来自英国和苏格兰的证据

大报是经济新闻的重要来源。本文使用过去 20 年超过 489,000 篇文章的独特数据集，提出了这样一个问题：苏格兰出版的报纸是否传达了与英国报纸类似的经济情绪。研究结果表明，尽管苏格兰和英国报纸存在正相关关系，但这种关系随着时间的推移而变化。有证据表明因果关系主要是从英国到苏格兰。 2014 年苏格兰公投对报纸报道产生了影响，因为沟通中存在更多不确定性。在公投期间，个别报纸的反应各不相同，一些报纸，例如《每日电讯报》和《每日纪事报》对不确定性的反应相当强烈，而当地报纸则以相当令人惊讶的积极态度报道新闻。