Expert Failure and Pandemics: On Adapting to Life With Pandemics

Cosmos + Taxis, Vol 9 Issues 5-6

16 Pages Posted: 28 Jan 2021 Last revised: 26 Apr 2021

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Jon Murphy

Western Carolina University

Abigail Devereaux

Wichita State University

Nathan P. Goodman

New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics

Roger Koppl

Syracuse University

Date Written: January 26, 2021

Abstract

In a pandemic, citizens and policy makers must rely on expert opinion. What are the institutional arrangements that allow for the best advice to come forward? Using the framework established by Koppl (2018) on expert failure, we analyze the COVID-19 pandemic to see where missteps in expertise occurred and suggest institutional arrangements to improve expert advice in future pandemics.

Keywords: COVID-19, Expert Failure, Market Failure, Information Economics, Pandemic, Knowledge Problem

JEL Classification: D83, I18, L51

Suggested Citation

Murphy, Jonathan and Devereaux, Abigail and Goodman, Nathan and Koppl, Roger, Expert Failure and Pandemics: On Adapting to Life With Pandemics (January 26, 2021). Cosmos + Taxis, Vol 9 Issues 5-6, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3773846 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3773846

Jonathan Murphy (Contact Author)

Western Carolina University ( email )

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Abigail Devereaux

Wichita State University ( email )

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Nathan Goodman

New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics ( email )

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Roger Koppl

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