Revenge of the Experts: Will Covid-19 Renew or Diminish Public Trust in Science?

ⓡ The order of author names is randomized via AEA Randomization Tool (code: tOjmA7DVzybq). Eichengreen is a Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Aksoy is a Principal Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), part-time Assistant Professor of Economics at King’s College London and Research Associate at IZA Institute of Labour Economics. Saka is an Assistant Professor at the University of Sussex, Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Research Associate at the Systemic Risk Centre. We thank Nicolás Ajzenman, Chris Anderson (discussant), Belinda Archibong, Sascha Becker, Damien Bol, Ralph De Haas, Anna Getmansky (discussant), Luigi Guiso, Bruce Hardy, Beata Javorcik, André Sapir, Konstantin Sonin, Dan Treisman, and webinar participants at the Bank of Finland, Comparative Economics Webinar series, EBRD, LSE and University of Sussex for helpful comments. We are also grateful to Kimiya Akhyani for providing very useful research assistance. Views presented are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the EBRD. All interpretations, errors, and omissions are our own. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.