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Who said or what said? Estimating ideological bias in views among economists

Taken from Cambridge Journal of Economics, Volume 47, Issue 2

Mohsen Javdani, Ha-Joon Chang
Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2023
Level: expert
Perspectives: Neoclassical Economics, Other
Topic: Reflection of Economics
Format: Journal Article & Book Chapter
Link: https://academic.oup.com/cje/article/47/2/309/7084598

Mohsen Javdani and Ha-Joon Changonline examine the effect of ideological bias among economists through a randomised controlled experiment involving 2,425 economists in 19 countries. The analysis provides clear evidence for the existence of ideological bias as well as of authority bias among economists.

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