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Consensos y disensos de los economistas en Uruguay

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  • Verónica Amarante

    (Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economía)

  • Marisa Bucheli

    (Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Sociales)

  • Cecilia Lara

    (Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economía)

Abstract

This article considers the level of consensus among Uruguayan economists regarding a set of economic propositions. Based on an online survey and using a Likert scale, we ask for the level of agreement with 39 economic propositions. Our results indicate that strong and substantial consensus is lower among Uruguayan economists than among their colleagues in other countries. Higher levels of agreement correspond to propositions related to discrimination and, to a lesser extent, environmental issues. The will of improving income equality and the importance of the State to achieve it generate consensus. However, there is no consensus about redistributive tools. Based on clustering on multiple correspondence analysis, we distinguish two differentiated groups according to their support for different economic propositions. The probability of belonging to either of these groups is strongly associated with ideological identification.

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  • Verónica Amarante & Marisa Bucheli & Cecilia Lara, 2022. "Consensos y disensos de los economistas en Uruguay," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 22-09, Instituto de Economía - IECON.
    • Handle: RePEc:ulr:wpaper:dt-09-22
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    Keywords

    economists; consensus; opinions;
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    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics

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