Systematically Biased Beliefs About Economics: Robust Evidence of Judgemental Anomalies from the Survey of Americans and Economists on the Economy

By B. Caplan. 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Decision Sciences

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. Anna Maria Mayda
2. Giovanni Facchini
3. Olof Johansson-Stenman
4. James Konow
5. J. Fox
6. B. Caplan
7. Gordon H. Hanson
8. Giovanni Peri

In General Decision Sciences

1. Olof Johansson-Stenman
2. J. Fox
3. Giovanni Facchini
4. Anna Maria Mayda
5. James Konow
6. Bertil Tungodden
7. Alexander W. Cappelen
8. Erik Ø. Sørensen

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• Terrorism: The relevance of the rational choice model (2006, background): “I argue elsewhere (Caplan, 2001b, 2002, 2003) that religious and political beliefs are frequently irrational in the rational expectations sense of the term.”
• Fair Air: Distributive Justice and Environmental Economics (2010, background): “In fact, there is evidence of this, e.g., Caplan (2002) finds that people, on average, tend to underestimate the benefits from trade and globalization.”
• The Impact of Political Leaders' Profession and Education on Reforms (2009, unknown): “6 See, for example, Blendon et al. (1997) or Caplan (2002), who show that economists have significantly different assessments and expectations about the economy than the wider public.”
• Individual Attitudes Towards Immigrants: Welfare-State Determinants Across Countries (2006, unknown): “Section 2 surveys the literature related to this 9See, for example, Luttmer (2001), Alesina and La Ferrara (2005), Blanchflower and Oswald (2004), Caplan (2002) and the literature surveyed below.”
• Government transparency and policymaking (2007, background): “5 In a series of papers, Caplan (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) provides micro-foundations”
• Rational Ignorance versus Rational Irrationality (2001, background): “Caplan (2000a) discusses special cases where this might occur.”
• (Why) are Economists Different? (2005, unknown): “CAPLAN (2002) has recently shown that there is a big gap between U.”
• Does the Welfare State Affect Individual Attitudes toward Immigrants? Evidence across Countries (2009, background): “10 See, for example, Luttmer (2001), Alesina and La Ferrara (2005), Blanchflower and Oswald (2004), Caplan (2002), and the literature surveyed below.”