Economists and Public Opinion: Expert Consensus and Economic Policy Judgments
Economists and Public Opinion: Expert Consensus and Economic Policy Judgments
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经济学家与舆论：专家共识与经济政策判断
DOI：
10.1086/684629
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发表时间：
2014
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影响因子：
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通讯作者：
Andrew O Ballard
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作者：
Christopher D. Johnston;Andrew O Ballard
公民如何看待经济学家，他们如何回应行业内的共识？我们研究了美国公众对经济学家在五个经济政策问题上的意见分布信息的反应。我们还研究了公民对经济学家的信任程度和作用。我们发现，信任是不温不火的，并找到相应的小到适度的变化，在公众舆论时，公民获得有关专家意见的信息。事实上，我们提供的证据表明，当共识归因于一般样本的人比当它归因于经济学家时，反应更大。我们还发现异质性的响应跨问题，这样的意见变化是较小的象征性的政策问题比技术问题。此外，在前者，而不是后者，我们发现，公民使用的经济学家在一个有动机的方式，以加强先前的意见的信任判断。
How do citizens view economists, and how do they respond to consensus in the profession? We examine the responsiveness of the American public to information regarding the distribution of opinion among economists on five economic policy issues. We also examine the extent and role of citizens’ trust in economists. We find that trust is tepid and find correspondingly small-to-moderate changes in public opinion when citizens are given information about expert opinion. Indeed, we provide evidence that responsiveness is larger when the consensus is attributed to a generic sample of people than when it is attributed to economists. We also find heterogeneity in responsiveness across issues, such that opinion change is smaller on symbolic policy issues than technical ones. Further, on the former, but not the latter, we find that citizens use judgments of trust in economists in a motivated fashion, to reinforce prior opinions.
心理距离的解释水平理论。
影响因子：
5.4
作者：
Trope, Yaacov;Liberman, Nira
通讯作者：
Liberman, Nira