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The Role of Ideology in Disagreements among Economists: A Quantitative Analysis

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Mayer, Thomas (U of California, Davis)

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How justified is the charge that ideology strongly influences the allegedly objective opinions of economists? An analysis of a new survey of AEA members and of surveys by Fuchs et al of labor economists and public economists shows that value judgments and judgments about the government's efficacy have some influence on the way economists think about what should be purely economic issues. But such influence is not strong enough to explain much of the disagreement among economists.

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  1. Mayer, T., 1993. "Why is there so Much Disagreement Among Economists?," Papers 93-20, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs.
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  2. Ricketts, Martin & Shoesmith, Edward, 1992. "British Economic Opinion: Positive Science or Normative Judgment?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 82(2), pages 210-15, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Colander, David, 1994. "Vision, Judgment, and Disagreement among Economists," Journal of Economic Methodology, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 1(1), pages 43-56, June.
  6. Modigliani, Franco, 1977. "The Monetarist Controversy or, Should We Forsake Stabilization Policies?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 67(2), pages 1-19, March.
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  1. Mayer, Thomas, 2006. "The Empirical Significance of Econometric Models," Working Papers 06-20, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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