IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bpj/pewipo/v26y2025i1p14-23n1004.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Wie groß ist der wirtschaftspolitische Konsens unter Ökonominnen und Ökonomen in Deutschland? Evidenz aus 74.000 Antworten im Ökonomenpanel

Author

Listed:
  • Geißendörfer Lea

    (LMU München und ifo Institut Poschingerstr. 5 81679 München Germany)

  • Gründler Klaus

    (Universität Kassel Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre Nora-Platiel-Str. 4 34109 Kassel Germany)

  • Potrafke Niklas

    (LMU München und ifo Institut Poschingerstr. 5 81679 München Germany)

  • Schlepper Marcel

    (ifo Institut Poschingerstr. 5 81679 München Germany)

Abstract

In ihrem Beitrag zeichnen Lea Geißendörfer, Klaus Gründler, Niklas Potrafke und Marcel Schlepper die großen wirtschaftspolitischen Debatten der vergangenen neun Jahre nach und dokumentieren, wie stark sich Ökonominnen und Ökonomen hinsichtlich der wirtschafts- und finanzpolitischen Gestaltung jeweils einig waren. Sie gelangen zu drei Kernresultaten: Erstens vertreten Ökonominnen und Ökonomen ein breites Meinungsspektrum in vielen wirtschaftspolitischen Debatten. Diese Erkenntnis unterstreicht die Relevanz einer Befragung wie des Ökonomenpanels von ifo Institut und Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung, welches die Pluralität der Perspektiven von Ökonominnen und Ökonomen in die politische Debatte einbringt. Zweitens unterliegt der Konsens zwischen Ökonominnen und Ökonomen erheblichen zeitlichen Schwankungen. Die niedrigsten Werte messen sie in den Jahren 2020 und 2021, als die Covid–19-Pandemie die Wirtschaft vor neue Herausforderungen stellte. Drittens stimmen Ökonominnen und Ökonomen in ihren wirtschaftspolitischen Empfehlungen in hohem Maße mit ihren Kolleginnen und Kollegen derselben Fachbereiche und Standorte überein.

Suggested Citation

  • Geißendörfer Lea & Gründler Klaus & Potrafke Niklas & Schlepper Marcel, 2025. "Wie groß ist der wirtschaftspolitische Konsens unter Ökonominnen und Ökonomen in Deutschland? Evidenz aus 74.000 Antworten im Ökonomenpanel," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 26(1), pages 14-23.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:pewipo:v:26:y:2025:i:1:p:14-23:n:1004
    DOI: 10.1515/pwp-2024-0040
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/pwp-2024-0040
    Download Restriction: For access to full text, subscription to the journal or payment for the individual article is required.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1515/pwp-2024-0040?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to

    for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Roger Gordon & Gordon B. Dahl, 2013. "Views among Economists: Professional Consensus or Point-Counterpoint?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 103(3), pages 629-635, May.
    2. Frey, Bruno S, et al, 1984. "Consensus and Dissension among Economists: An Empirical Inquiry," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 74(5), pages 986-994, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Karl Beyer & Stephan Puehringer, 2019. "Divided we stand? Professional consensus and political conflict in academic economics," ICAE Working Papers 94, Johannes Kepler University, Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy.
    2. Hendrik P. van Dalen, 2019. "Values of Economists Matter in the Art and Science of Economics," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 72(3), pages 472-499, August.
    3. Mohsen Javdani & Ha-Joon Chang, 2023. "Who said or what said? Estimating ideological bias in views among economists," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 47(2), pages 309-339.
    4. Timothy C. Haab & John C. Whitehead, 2017. "What do Environmental and Resource Economists Think? Results from a Survey of AERE Members," Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 11(1), pages 43-58.
    5. Javdani, Moshen & Chang, Ha-Joon, 2019. "Who Said or What Said? Estimating Ideological Bias in Views Among Economists," MPRA Paper 91958, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Walter E. Block, 2014. "Private urban planning and free enterprise," Chapters, in: David Emanuel Andersson & Stefano Moroni (ed.), Cities and Private Planning, chapter 5, pages 93-105, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    7. Goodman, Joshua Samuel & Goodman, Lucas & Goodman, Sarena & Goodman, Allen C., 2014. "A Few Goodmen: Surname-Sharing Co-Authors in Economics," Scholarly Articles 22805379, Harvard University Department of Economics.
    8. Sievertsen, Hans H. & Smith, Sarah, 2025. "Do female experts face an authority gap? Evidence from economics," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 231(C).
    9. Sami Diaf & Jörg Döpke & Ulrich Fritsche & Ida Rockenbach, 2020. "Sharks and minnows in a shoal of words: Measuring latent ideological positions of German economic research institutes based on text mining techniques," Macroeconomics and Finance Series 202001, University of Hamburg, Department of Socioeconomics.
    10. Isabel Busom & Cristina Lopez-Mayan & Judith Panadés, 2017. "Students' persistent preconceptions and learning economic principles," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(2), pages 74-92, April.
    11. Madeline Zavodny, 1998. "Why minimum wage hikes may not reduce employment," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 83(Q 2), pages 18-28.
    12. Ho Fai Chan & Bruno S. Frey & Jana Gallus & Markus Schaffner & Benno Torgler & Stephen Whyte, 2016. "External Influence as an Indicator of Scholarly Importance," CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo Group, vol. 62(1), pages 170-195.
    13. Lucey, Brian M. & Delaney, Liam, 2007. "A psychological, attitudinal and professional profile of Irish economists," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 36(6), pages 841-855, December.
    14. Bruno S. Frey, 2000. "Was Bewirkt die Volkswirtschaftslehre?," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 1(1), pages 5-33, February.
    15. Daniel B. Klein & Charlotta Stern, 2007. "Is There a Free‐Market Economist in the House? The Policy Views of American Economic Association Members," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 66(2), pages 309-334, April.
    16. Christopher J. Boudreaux, 2015. "The Evolutionary Effects of Democracy: In the Long Run, We are All Trading?," The International Trade Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(5), pages 376-396, December.
    17. Kirchgassner, Gebhard, 2005. "(Why) are economists different?," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 21(3), pages 543-562, September.
    18. Simon Kemp, 2008. "Lay attitudes to trade with low-wage countries," Judgment and Decision Making, Society for Judgment and Decision Making, vol. 3, pages 335-343, April.
    19. Daniel Sutter, 1998. "Calculation of Self-Interest and Constitutional Consensus: The Role of Ideology," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 9(4), pages 323-333, December.
    20. Marina Riem, 2017. "Essays on the Behavior of Firms and Politicians," ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 73, April.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;

    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bpj:pewipo:v:26:y:2025:i:1:p:14-23:n:1004. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Peter Golla (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.degruyterbrill.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.