Bridging the Gap Between the Public's and Economists' Views of the Economy
通过1996年对公众和经济学家的平行调查，发现公众对家庭经济状况的看法更悲观，且与经济学家在原因认知上存在分歧，作者探讨了这种认知差距的可能解释。
This paper reports the results of two parallel 1996 surveys, one of economists, one of the public. It finds that the public has a bleaker picture of what has happened economically to the average family and is more pessimistic than most economists about the intermediate future. The public cites different reasons than economists do for why the economy is not doing better. Also, individuals' perceptions of their own economic experiences yield a different set of beliefs about economic conditions than that described in official statistics. The authors offer possible explanations of the perception gap between the public and economists. Coauthors are John M. Benson, Mollyann Brodie, Richard Morin, Drew E. Altman, Daniel Gitterman, Mario Brossard, and Matt James.