The expert and the charlatan: an experimental study in economic advice

How do people choose what economic advice to heed? We develop a set of validated multiple-choice questions on economic policy problems, to examine empirically the persuasiveness of expert versus populist advice. We define populism as advice that conforms to commonly held beliefs, even when wrong. Tw...

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Main Authors: Alysandratos, Theodore (Author) , Boukouras, Aristotelis (Author) , Geōrganas, Sōtērēs (Author) , Maniadis, Zacharias (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY Social Science Research Network June 22, 2020
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3644653
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Author Notes:Theodore Alysandratos, Aristotelis Boukouras, Sotiris Georganas, Zacharias Maniadis
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The expert and the charlatan: an experimental study in economic advice by Alysandratos, Theodore (Author) , Boukouras, Aristotelis (Author) , Geōrganas, Sōtērēs (Author) , Maniadis, Zacharias (Author) ,


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