tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post328493882254314539..comments2023-11-19T20:38:50.237-08:00Comments on Economic Logic: Economists lie moreEconomic Logicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171296292101248614noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-68936174864747204492012-03-20T18:24:31.652-07:002012-03-20T18:24:31.652-07:00I don't think it is the fact that they lie. Th...I don't think it is the fact that they lie. They just never agree and if they never agree...then one can always be found to support whatever view deemed worthy.<br /><br />try line up all the economists from end to end and they never meet.<br /><br />;)<br /><br />econgirlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-46072255185114991182012-03-10T06:48:17.114-08:002012-03-10T06:48:17.114-08:00Just for the sake of completeness: There are at le...Just for the sake of completeness: There are at least two papers which report evidence for the opposite, i.e., for economists being more honest.<br /><br />Laband and Beil (Public Choice, 1999)<br />http://ideas.repec.org/a/kap/pubcho/v100y1999i1-2p85-101.html<br /><br />Yezer, Goldfarb & Poppen (J Econ Persp, 1996)<br />http://ideas.repec.org/a/aea/jecper/v10y1996i1p177-86.htmlMatthiashttp://www.matthiasgreiff.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-14750702659761465682012-02-29T07:41:16.863-08:002012-02-29T07:41:16.863-08:00I wonder whether law students were included in tha...I wonder whether law students were included in that study.Kansannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-7013808485123323452012-02-29T07:30:39.172-08:002012-02-29T07:30:39.172-08:00Good luck with getting journalists to interview ec...Good luck with getting journalists to interview economists with no incentive to lie. Journalists cannot help interviewing politicians.Vilfredonoreply@blogger.com