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{"(001) All else equal, the Fed's new plan to increase the maturity of its Treasury holdings will boost expected real GDP growth for calendar year 2012 by at least one percentage point.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_9yFWHquReQZjC6w","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Disagree","Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":"Uncertain","Jose Scheinkman":"No Opinion","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Strongly Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Uncertain","Pete Klenow":"Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Disagree","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Strongly Disagree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Disagree","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Uncertain","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(002) Question A: All else equal, permanently raising the federal marginal tax rate on ordinary income by 1 percentage point for those in the top (i.e., currently 35%) tax bracket would increase federal tax revenue over the next 10 years.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_eM6AbvcBTI8MuvG","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":"Agree","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Agree","Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Strongly Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Did Not Answer","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Agree","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(003) Question B: The cumulative budget shortfalls in the US over the next 10 years can be reduced by half (or more) purely by increasing the federal marginal tax rate on ordinary income for those in the top tax bracket.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_eM6AbvcBTI8MuvG","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Disagree","James Stock":"Disagree","Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":"Uncertain","Jose Scheinkman":"Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Disagree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Did Not Answer","Anil Kashyap":"Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Disagree","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Disagree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Disagree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Strongly Disagree","Joseph Altonji":"Disagree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"No Opinion","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Disagree","Eric Maskin":"No Opinion","Bengt Holmstroem":"Disagree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Disagree","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(004) Public school students would receive a higher quality education if they all had the option of taking the government money (local, state, federal) currently being spent on their own education and turning that money into vouchers that they could use towards covering the costs of any private school or public school of their choice (e.g. charter schools).":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_en84EM2wwWJOLWs","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Uncertain","Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":"Disagree","Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Did Not Answer","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Uncertain","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Uncertain","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(005) The Chinese government pursues policies that keep the renminbi's exchange rate vis a vis the dollar lower than it would be if the currency floated without those policies.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_3IWI6URnw6jxTla","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Agree","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"No Opinion","Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Strongly Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"No Opinion","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Uncertain","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Uncertain","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(006) Question A: Unless they have inside information, very few investors, if any, can consistently make accurate predictions about whether the price of an individual stock will rise or fall on a given day.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_cMSufGmEjNIjCza","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Strongly Agree","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Agree","Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Strongly Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Did Not Answer","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Strongly Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Strongly Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":null,"Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Strongly Agree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(007) Question B: Plausible expectations of future dividends, discounted using a plausible risk-adjusted interest rate, explain well the level of stock prices for recently listed internet businesses in 1999.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_cMSufGmEjNIjCza","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Disagree","Janet Currie":"No Opinion","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":"Disagree","Jose Scheinkman":"Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Disagree","Marianne Bertrand":"Disagree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Disagree","David Autor":"Strongly Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Did Not Answer","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Disagree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Uncertain","Michael Greenstone":"Disagree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Uncertain","Jonathan Levin":"Disagree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Disagree","Judith Chevalier":"Disagree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Disagree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Strongly Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Disagree","Alberto Alesina":null,"Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Disagree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Disagree","David Cutler":"Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Disagree"},"(008) Question A: Eliminating tax deductions for non-investment personal interest expenses (e.g., on mortgages), with reductions in personal tax rates that are both budget neutral and keep the burden of taxes by income group the same, would lead to more efficient financing decisions by individuals.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_1AFdlMiaQywGktu","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":"Agree","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Agree","Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":null,"Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Agree","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(009) Question B: Reducing the deductibility of interest expenses for non-financial businesses to equalize the overall tax cost of debt and equity financing, while using the extra revenue to reduce personal and corporate tax rates in a budget neutral fashion that also keeps the burden of taxes the same, would lead to more efficient financing decisions by firms.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_1AFdlMiaQywGktu","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Uncertain","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"No Opinion","Cecilia Rouse":"Agree","Jose Scheinkman":"Uncertain","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"No Opinion","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":null,"Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Uncertain","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(010) Federal mandates that government purchases should be \\\"buy American\\\" unless there are exceptional circumstances, such as in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, have a significant positive impact on U.S. manufacturing employment.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_3mk8ToqlyMxas72","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Disagree","Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":"Uncertain","Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Did Not Answer","Anil Kashyap":"Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Disagree","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Disagree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"No Opinion","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"Disagree","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Disagree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Disagree","Raj Chetty":"Disagree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(011) There are no consequential distortions created by the tax preference that favors obtaining health insurance through employers.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_6Gw7RTJefXPg0o4","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Disagree","James Stock":"Disagree","Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":"Disagree","Jose Scheinkman":"Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Disagree","Austan Goolsbee":"Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Disagree","David Autor":"Strongly Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Disagree","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Disagree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Strongly Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Disagree","Joseph Altonji":"Disagree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Disagree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Disagree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Uncertain","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Disagree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Disagree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Strongly Disagree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Disagree","David Cutler":"Strongly Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Disagree"},"(012) Question A: Credible assumptions for inflation, GDP growth and primary budget deficits in Italy imply that either the Debt-to-GDP ratio in Italy would increase sharply if Italian interest rates on 10-year government debt remained at the November 30 level of around 7 percent or Italy would lose access to the bond market.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_41qrQURoqKxbZmA","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"No Opinion","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"No Opinion","Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"No Opinion","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Strongly Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"No Opinion","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Did Not Answer","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"No Opinion","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"No Opinion","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"No Opinion","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Uncertain","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"No Opinion","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(013) Question B: Absent outside help to deal with runs, such as a pledge of fiscal support from Germany or an unlimited commitment by the ECB to buy bonds, there is no spending-and-tax plan Italy can announce that would be credible enough to hold its interest rates low enough to stabilize its Debt-to-GDP ratio.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_41qrQURoqKxbZmA","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"No Opinion","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"No Opinion","Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Disagree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Disagree","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"No Opinion","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Did Not Answer","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"No Opinion","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"No Opinion","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Uncertain","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(014) Question A: All else equal, making drugs illegal raises street prices for those drugs because suppliers require extra compensation for the risk of incarceration and other punishments.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_56aH8qtNcQdaRve","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":"Agree","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Did Not Answer","Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Did Not Answer","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(015) Question B: The Netherlands restrictions on \\\"soft drugs\\\" combined with a moderate tax aimed at deterring their consumption would have lower social costs than continuing to prohibit use of those drugs as in the US. (Click here for a summary of the Netherlands restrictions.)":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_56aH8qtNcQdaRve","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":"Uncertain","Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Did Not Answer","Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Did Not Answer","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"No Opinion","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Uncertain","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Uncertain","Jonathan Levin":"No Opinion","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(016) A tax on the carbon content of fuels would be a less expensive way to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions than would a collection of policies such as \\\"corporate average fuel economy\\\" requirements for automobiles.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_9Rezb430SESUA4Y","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":"Strongly Agree","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Agree","Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(017) In general, using more congestion charges in crowded transportation networks -- such as higher tolls during peak travel times in cities, and peak fees for airplane takeoff and landing slots -- and using the proceeds to lower other taxes would make citizens on average better off.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_3aeMp7lK74rrVFa","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Uncertain","Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Strongly Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Strongly Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Strongly Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Strongly Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(018) Question A: If the US replaced its discretionary monetary policy regime with a gold standard, defining a \\\"dollar\\\" as a specific number of ounces of gold, the price-stability and employment outcomes would be better for the average American.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_cw1nNUYOXSAKwrq","Daron Acemoglu":"Disagree","James Stock":"Strongly Disagree","Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":"Did Not Answer","Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Strongly Disagree","Marianne Bertrand":"Did Not Answer","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Disagree","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Strongly Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Disagree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Disagree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Disagree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":null,"Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Disagree","Judith Chevalier":"Disagree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Disagree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Disagree","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Disagree","Christopher Udry":"Disagree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Strongly Disagree","Raj Chetty":"Disagree","David Cutler":"Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Disagree"},"(019) Question B: There are many factors besides US inflation risk that influence the current dollar price of gold.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_cw1nNUYOXSAKwrq","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":"Strongly Agree","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Did Not Answer","Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Strongly Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Did Not Answer","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Strongly Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":null,"Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Strongly Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Strongly Agree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Agree","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(020) One of the leading reasons for rising U.S. income inequality over the past three decades is that technological change has affected workers with some skill sets differently than others.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0IAlhdDH2FoRDrm","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Disagree","Janet Currie":"Strongly Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Agree","Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Strongly Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Uncertain","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(021) Question A: The typical chief executive officer of a publicly traded corporation in the U.S. is paid more than his or her marginal contribution to the firm's value.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_4I1jDcO1jZiW7Vq","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"No Opinion","Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Did Not Answer","Anil Kashyap":"Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"No Opinion","David Autor":"Uncertain","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Uncertain","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Did Not Answer","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"No Opinion","Michael Greenstone":"Uncertain","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"No Opinion","Bengt Holmstroem":"Disagree","Christopher Udry":"Did Not Answer","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Uncertain","Katherine Baicker":"Did Not Answer","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(022) Question B: Mandating that U.S. publicly listed corporations must allow shareholders to cast a non-binding vote on executive compensation was a good idea.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_4I1jDcO1jZiW7Vq","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"No Opinion","Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Did Not Answer","Anil Kashyap":"Uncertain","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Did Not Answer","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"No Opinion","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"No Opinion","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Did Not Answer","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Did Not Answer","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(023) Local ordinances that limit rent increases for some rental housing units, such as in New York and San Francisco, have had a positive impact over the past three decades on the amount and quality of broadly affordable rental housing in cities that have used them.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_6upyzeUpI73V5k0","Daron Acemoglu":"Disagree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":"Disagree","Jose Scheinkman":"Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Disagree","Marianne Bertrand":"Did Not Answer","Austan Goolsbee":"Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Disagree","David Autor":"Strongly Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Disagree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Strongly Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Disagree","Pete Klenow":"Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Strongly Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"No Opinion","Joseph Altonji":"Did Not Answer","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Disagree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Disagree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Disagree","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Disagree","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Disagree","Raj Chetty":"Disagree","David Cutler":"Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Disagree"},"(024) Question A: Because of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the U.S. unemployment rate was lower at the end of 2010 than it would have been without the stimulus bill.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_cw5O9LNJL1oz4Xi","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Strongly Agree","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Strongly Agree","Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Strongly Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Uncertain","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Did Not Answer","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Did Not Answer","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(025) Question B: Taking into account all of the ARRA's economic consequences -- including the economic costs of raising taxes to pay for the spending, its effects on future spending, and any other likely future effects -- the benefits of the stimulus will end up exceeding its costs.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_cw5O9LNJL1oz4Xi","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Agree","Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Agree","Jose Scheinkman":"Uncertain","Hyun Song Shin":"Disagree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Uncertain","Nancy Stokey":"No Opinion","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Strongly Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Uncertain","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Strongly Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Did Not Answer","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Disagree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Did Not Answer","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(026) Bans on the short selling of financial securities, such as stocks and government bonds, lead to prices that are further, on average, from their fundamental values.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_3vX72HEwz0DNOXW","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Agree","Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Did Not Answer","Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Uncertain","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(027) Loosening current licensing restrictions on the range of services that nurses, physician assistants, dental hygienists and pharmacists are permitted to perform would help patients on balance, because the additional safety risks would be small compared to the decreased costs in waiting time and fees.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_9WvTDyIrJrMeTOc","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Did Not Answer","Jose Scheinkman":"No Opinion","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"No Opinion","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Uncertain","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"No Opinion","William Nordhaus":"Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"No Opinion","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(028) Because the U.S. Treasury bailed out and backstopped banks (by injecting equity into them in late 2008, and later committing to provide public capital to any banks that failed the stress tests and could not raise private capital), the U.S. unemployment rate was lower at the end of 2010 than it would have been without these measures.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_a4WFSSCbjqpjWW8","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Agree","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Agree","Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Strongly Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(029) Question A: Freer trade improves productive efficiency and offers consumers better choices, and in the long run these gains are much larger than any effects on employment.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0dfr9yjnDcLh17m","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Agree","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":"Agree","Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Did Not Answer","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Uncertain","Richard Thaler":"Did Not Answer","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(030) Question B: On average, citizens of the U.S. have been better off with the North American Free Trade Agreement than they would have been if the trade rules for the U.S., Canada and Mexico prior to NAFTA had remained in place.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0dfr9yjnDcLh17m","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Agree","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":"Agree","Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Did Not Answer","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Did Not Answer","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Uncertain","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(031) Changes in U.S. gasoline prices over the past 10 years have predominantly been due to market factors rather than U.S. federal economic or energy policies.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_6WobHKFEZbGbS84","Daron Acemoglu":"Did Not Answer","James Stock":"Agree","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Strongly Agree","Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Uncertain","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(032) Question A: The average size of the 19 financial firms that just completed the Federal Reserve stress tests (i.e. the CCAR) would be substantially smaller if they did not have implicit government support.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_agBycSk9IdTStso","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":"Uncertain","Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"No Opinion","Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Uncertain","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"No Opinion","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Uncertain","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"No Opinion","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"No Opinion","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Did Not Answer","Aaron Edlin":"No Opinion","Richard Schmalensee":"Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(033) Question B: The 19 financial firms that just completed the Federal Reserve stress tests (i.e. the CCAR) are big primarily because of economies of scale and scope, rather than because of implicit government support.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_agBycSk9IdTStso","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Uncertain","Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":"No Opinion","Jose Scheinkman":"Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Uncertain","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Uncertain","Alan Auerbach":"No Opinion","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Uncertain","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"No Opinion","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"No Opinion","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Did Not Answer","Aaron Edlin":"No Opinion","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(034) Question A: If public school students had the option of taking the government money (local, state, federal) currently being spent on their own education and turning that money into vouchers that they could use towards covering the costs of any private school or public school of their choice (e.g. charter schools), most would be better off.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_8IKI1pT3ZYKvzOA","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":"Did Not Answer","Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Uncertain","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not 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Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":"Did Not Answer","Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Disagree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"No Opinion","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(036) Prior to the crisis, the benefits from the funding advantage that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had by virtue of perceived government support mostly went to their shareholders, rather than into substantially lower interest rates on residential mortgages.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_3NInofyw3Va1NJi","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"No Opinion","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":null,"David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":null,"Luigi Zingales":null,"Alan Auerbach":"No Opinion","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Uncertain","Pete Klenow":"No Opinion","Edward Lazear":"No Opinion","Jonathan Levin":"No Opinion","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Disagree","Ray Fair":"Disagree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"No Opinion","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Disagree","Christopher Udry":null,"Aaron Edlin":"Uncertain","Richard Schmalensee":"No Opinion","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(037) Laws that limit the resale of tickets for entertainment and sports events make potential audience members for those events worse off on average.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_eR0Qb5bh3yGY64A","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Agree","Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"No Opinion","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Disagree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"No Opinion","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(038) The former head of the Transportation Security Administration is correct in arguing that randomizing airport \\\"security procedures encountered by passengers (additional upper-torso pat-downs, a thorough bag search, a swab test of carry-ons, etc.), while not subjecting everyone to the full gamut\\\" would make it \\\"much harder for terrorists to learn how to evade security procedures.\\\"":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_3La8nSaruGF8qHi","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Agree","Janet Currie":"No Opinion","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"No Opinion","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"No Opinion","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Uncertain","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"No Opinion","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"No Opinion","Caroline Hoxby":"Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Uncertain","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"No Opinion","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"No Opinion","Alberto Alesina":"Uncertain","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"No Opinion","Richard Schmalensee":"No Opinion","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(039) Connecticut should pass its Senate Bill 60, which states that during a \\\"severe weather event emergency, no person within the chain of distribution of consumer goods and services shall sell or offer to sell consumer goods or services for a price that is unconscionably excessive.\\\"":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_cGhnqM71sWPaoHa","Daron Acemoglu":"Did Not Answer","James Stock":"No Opinion","Janet Currie":"Did Not Answer","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Did Not Answer","Anil Kashyap":"Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Disagree","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"Did Not Answer","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"No Opinion","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Disagree","Pete Klenow":"Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Disagree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Disagree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Disagree","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Disagree","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"No Opinion","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(040) Question A: Reducing the minimum retirement age in France from 62 back to age 60, permanently, would reduce long-term French economic growth and substantially raise French debt relative to GDP over time.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_20npd9lIXvTACG0","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Uncertain","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":null,"David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":null,"Luigi Zingales":null,"Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":null,"Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"No Opinion","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(041) Question B: France's overall employment is higher today because of the 35 hour work week than it would be without a limit on weekly hours.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_20npd9lIXvTACG0","Daron Acemoglu":"No Opinion","James Stock":"Disagree","Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":null,"Hyun Song Shin":null,"Marianne Bertrand":"Disagree","Austan Goolsbee":"Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Disagree","David Autor":"Uncertain","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":null,"Emmanuel Saez":null,"Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"Uncertain","Michael Greenstone":"Disagree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Uncertain","Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Disagree","Judith Chevalier":"No Opinion","Ray Fair":"Disagree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Uncertain","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Uncertain","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":null,"Katherine Baicker":"Disagree","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Disagree"},"(042) Cuba's low per-capita income growth -- 1.2 percent per year since 1960 --has more to do with Cuba's own economic policies than with the U.S. embargo on trade and tourism.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_7VyqRKGKVwZz08c","Daron Acemoglu":"Did Not Answer","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Strongly Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Strongly Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"No Opinion","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(043) New technology for fracking natural gas, by lowering energy costs in the United States, will make US industrial firms more cost competitive and thus significantly stimulate the growth of US merchandise exports.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_6nAG1W7VnEmpJ5O","Daron Acemoglu":"Did Not Answer","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Disagree","David Autor":"Uncertain","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Disagree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"No Opinion","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Did Not Answer","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Uncertain","Eric Maskin":"No Opinion","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Disagree","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Did Not Answer","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(044) If the fiscal changes that are planned under current US law take place next year -- including Bush era tax cuts expiring, Medicare payment rates to doctors being cut, the AMT applying to many more taxpayers, and automatic cuts in defense and non-defense discretionary spending kicking in -- then US real GDP growth in 2013 will be lower than it would be under the CBO's alternative fiscal scenario, in which the above changes do not occur.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0JS6RmHJZmkpEws","Daron Acemoglu":"Did Not Answer","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"No Opinion","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Uncertain","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Disagree"},"(045) An important reason why private college and university tuition has risen faster than the CPI during the past few decades is because competition for faculty members -- whose potential earnings in other sectors have steadily improved -- has driven up their pay faster than their productivity.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0qBIlMSkhKmeeGw","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"No Opinion","Hyun Song Shin":"Did Not Answer","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"No Opinion","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Uncertain","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Did Not Answer","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"No Opinion","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Uncertain","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Disagree","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(046) Question A: Trade with China makes most Americans better off because, among other advantages, they can buy goods that are made or assembled more cheaply in China.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_003w6LBGnkOfDuI","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Strongly Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Did Not Answer","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Strongly Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Did Not Answer","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(047) Question B: Some Americans who work in the production of competing goods, such as clothing and furniture, are made worse off by trade with China.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_003w6LBGnkOfDuI","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Did Not Answer","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Strongly Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Did Not Answer","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(048) Question A: A cut in federal income tax rates in the US right now would lead to higher GDP within five years than without the tax cut.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_2irlrss5UC27YXi","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Uncertain","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Uncertain","Michael Greenstone":"No Opinion","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"No Opinion","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Did Not Answer","Ray Fair":"Did Not Answer","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Did Not Answer","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(049) Question B: A cut in federal income tax rates in the US right now would raise taxable income enough so that the annual total tax revenue would be higher within five years than without the tax cut.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_2irlrss5UC27YXi","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Disagree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Disagree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Disagree","David Autor":"Strongly Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Disagree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Disagree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Strongly Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"No Opinion","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Disagree","Judith Chevalier":"Did Not Answer","Ray Fair":"Did Not Answer","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Did Not Answer","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"No Opinion","Bengt Holmstroem":"Disagree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Disagree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Strongly Disagree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Disagree","David Cutler":"Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(050) Question A: Assuming that Germany eventually agrees to backstop the debt of southern European countries, the eurozone as a whole will be better off if that bailout is unconditional, rather than accompanied by the labor market reforms and future budget controls that Germany is demanding of countries in return.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_1FcagUpFnlYlbNO","Daron Acemoglu":"Disagree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Disagree","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Disagree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Disagree","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Disagree","Christopher Udry":"Uncertain","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Did Not Answer","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Did Not Answer","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(051) Question B: If Germany fails to bail out the southern tier of Europe, its own economy will be hurt more — because of output and asset losses — than it would be by an unconditional bailout.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_1FcagUpFnlYlbNO","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Uncertain","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Uncertain","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Uncertain","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Uncertain","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Uncertain","Aaron Edlin":"Uncertain","Richard Schmalensee":"Did Not Answer","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Did Not Answer","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(052) Question C: The main reason other eurozone countries need to worry about Greek banks losing access to ECB support is because the ensuing chaos in Greece could trigger bank runs in peripheral countries.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_1FcagUpFnlYlbNO","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"No Opinion","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Did Not Answer","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Did Not Answer","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(053) Long run fiscal sustainability in the U.S. will require cuts in currently promised Medicare and Medicaid benefits and\\\/or tax increases that include higher taxes on households with incomes below $250,000.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_5hFa4fmjPDXbnww","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Strongly Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"No Opinion","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Uncertain","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Did Not Answer","William Nordhaus":"Did Not Answer","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Strongly Agree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Agree","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(054) Consumers would not necessarily be better off if cable and satellite TV firms were required to offer a la carte pricing for individual channels, because the networks' programming charges and the satellite-and-cable fees could adjust in response to this rule.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_bdaXuLexNIKKSep","Daron Acemoglu":"Did Not Answer","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Disagree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"No Opinion","David Autor":"Uncertain","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"No Opinion","Alan Auerbach":"No Opinion","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"No Opinion","Emmanuel Saez":"Did Not Answer","Darrell Duffie":"No Opinion","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Disagree","Ray Fair":"No Opinion","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(055) Subjecting online sales from out-of-state vendors to the same retail sales taxes imposed on in-state sales would raise more tax revenue in the states making this change while reducing the pro-online bias of current policy.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_6EeEPhW8u0TOlX7","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":"Did Not Answer","Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Did Not Answer","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Did Not Answer","William Nordhaus":"No Opinion","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(056) Taxes or bans on large bottles of soft drinks containing sugar are not likely to have a significant effect on obesity rates because people will substitute towards consuming excessive calories in other ways.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_b8XjwMayOL0r58V","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Uncertain","Richard Thaler":"Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Disagree","Darrell Duffie":"No Opinion","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Did Not Answer","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"No Opinion","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Disagree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Did Not Answer","David Cutler":"Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Disagree"},"(057) Question A: The way in which money market funds normally trade - at one dollar per share, even though the per-share value of the assets backing them varies over time - made them vulnerable to a run in 2008 before they received taxpayer guarantees.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_9sM9PgLODkFwkIZ","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"No Opinion","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"No Opinion","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Did Not Answer","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"No Opinion","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Did Not Answer","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"No Opinion","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"No Opinion","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(058) Question B: Taxpayers would be better protected if each money market fund in the U.S. were instead required to trade at its floating net asset value.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_9sM9PgLODkFwkIZ","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"No Opinion","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Strongly Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"No Opinion","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"Uncertain","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Did Not Answer","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"No Opinion","Kenneth Judd":"No Opinion","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Did Not Answer","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"No Opinion","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"No Opinion","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"No Opinion","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(059) Question C: In the absence of floating net asset values, taxpayers would be better protected if each money market fund in the U.S. were required to set aside capital to protect against losses while holding back a portion of shareholders' cash for a time when they seek to withdraw all of their money.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_9sM9PgLODkFwkIZ","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"No Opinion","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"No Opinion","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"No Opinion","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Did Not Answer","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"No Opinion","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Uncertain","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Did Not Answer","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"No Opinion","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"No Opinion","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(060) Question A: Loans to students attending for-profit colleges are especially risky because students attending them have had default rates that greatly exceed those for comparable students attending public and non-profit private institutions.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_77fvxuRlMk4ctrD","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"No Opinion","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"No Opinion","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"No Opinion","Alan Auerbach":"No Opinion","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"No Opinion","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"No Opinion","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"No Opinion","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Uncertain","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Uncertain","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(061) Question B: Rules that tie each college's eligibility for federal student loans to its students' graduation rates and post-schooling employment outcomes would better protect taxpayers from losses on student loans.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_77fvxuRlMk4ctrD","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Disagree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"No Opinion","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Uncertain","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"No Opinion","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"No Opinion","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"No Opinion","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Uncertain","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(062) The current trade barriers in the U.S. sugar industry raise the profits of sugar producers and make the typical U.S. consumer pay more for sugar and goods that use sugar as an input.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_09vbSl37UGl6oCh","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(063) Question A: Even if all the official-sector funding that Greece received from 2010 through August 2012 is written off, propping up Greece to buy time for the rest of Europe to prepare for Greek default has been better for citizens of the Eurozone outside of Greece than a policy that would have cut off funding sooner.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0NG4fUW3LRDJH2R","Daron Acemoglu":"Disagree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"No Opinion","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Uncertain","Michael Greenstone":"No Opinion","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Disagree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Did Not Answer","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Disagree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"No Opinion","Aaron Edlin":"Uncertain","Richard Schmalensee":"Uncertain","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Did Not Answer","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(064) Question B: A substantial sovereign-debt default by some combination of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain is a necessary condition for the euro area as a whole to grow at its pre-crisis trend rate over the next three years.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0NG4fUW3LRDJH2R","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Uncertain","Nancy Stokey":"No Opinion","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"No Opinion","Pete Klenow":"Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Uncertain","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Did Not Answer","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Disagree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Uncertain","Aaron Edlin":"Uncertain","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Did Not Answer","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(065) Question C: Unless there is a substantial default by some combination of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain on their sovereign debt and commercial bank debt, plus credible reforms to prevent excessive borrowing in the future, the euro area is headed for a costly financial meltdown and a prolonged recession.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0NG4fUW3LRDJH2R","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Strongly Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Uncertain","Nancy Stokey":"No Opinion","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Did Not Answer","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"No Opinion","Pete Klenow":"Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Uncertain","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Did Not Answer","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Disagree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Uncertain","Aaron Edlin":"Uncertain","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Did Not Answer","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(066) Question A: Ethanol content requirements and protectionism against imported ethanol (which includes fuel from sugarcane) raise food prices without significantly reducing carbon-dioxide emissions.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_cN5nYc2pLVCJdMp","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Strongly Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Did Not Answer","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"No Opinion","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(067) Question B: A direct disincentive to emit carbon-dioxide, for example through a carbon tax or an emissions permit market, is more efficient than requiring the use of corn-based ethanol fuels.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_cN5nYc2pLVCJdMp","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Strongly Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Did Not Answer","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(068) Question A: Even if the third round of quantitative easing that the Fed recently announced increases real GDP growth over the next two years, the increase will be inconsequential.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_02pBtPuOkYPP9bv","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"Uncertain","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Uncertain","Michael Greenstone":"No Opinion","Pete Klenow":"Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"No Opinion","Judith Chevalier":"Did Not Answer","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"No Opinion","William Nordhaus":"Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Did Not Answer","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"No Opinion","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(069) Question B: Even if the third round of quantitative easing that the Fed recently announced increases annual consumer price inflation over the next five years, the increase will be inconsequential.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_02pBtPuOkYPP9bv","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Disagree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Disagree","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"No Opinion","Pete Klenow":"Disagree","Edward Lazear":"Uncertain","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"No Opinion","Judith Chevalier":"Did Not Answer","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Did Not Answer","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Uncertain","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(070) Question C: Even if inflationary pressures rise substantially as a result of quantitative easing and low interest rates, the Federal Reserve has ample tools to rein inflation back in if it chooses to do so.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_02pBtPuOkYPP9bv","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Disagree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Disagree","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Uncertain","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"No Opinion","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Did Not Answer","Ray Fair":"Disagree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Did Not Answer","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(071) Question A: By discounting pension liabilities at high interest rates under government accounting standards, many U.S. state and local governments understate their pension liabilities and the costs of providing pensions to public-sector workers.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_87dlrlXQvZkFB1r","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Strongly Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(072) Question B: During the next two decades some U.S. states, unless they substantially increase taxes, cut spending, and\\\/or change public-sector pensions, will require a combination of severe austerity budgets, a federal bailout, and\\\/or default.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_87dlrlXQvZkFB1r","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Agree","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"No Opinion","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Uncertain","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(073) Question A: One drawback of taxing capital income at a lower rate than labor income is that it gives people incentives to relabel income that policymakers find hard to categorize as \\\"capital\\\" rather than labor\\\".":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_6MzyqvYPzrjhYvb","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"No Opinion","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Did Not Answer","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Agree","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(074) Question B: Despite relabeling concerns, taxing capital income at a permanently lower rate than labor income would result in higher average long-term prosperity, relative to an alternative that generated the same amount of tax revenue by permanently taxing capital and labor income at equal rates instead.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_6MzyqvYPzrjhYvb","Daron Acemoglu":"Disagree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Disagree","David Autor":"Uncertain","Richard Thaler":"Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"Uncertain","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Disagree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"No Opinion","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Did Not Answer","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(075) Question C: Although they do not always agree about the precise likely effects of different tax policies, another reason why economists often give disparate advice on tax policy is because they hold differing views about choices between raising average prosperity and redistributing income.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_6MzyqvYPzrjhYvb","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"No Opinion","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"No Opinion","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Did Not Answer","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Strongly Agree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Agree","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(076) Claims by incumbent presidents and challengers about how many private-sector jobs can be created in a four-year period by sector-level or other targeted policies should be viewed as rough guesses, because overall macroeconomic conditions drive aggregate employment in ways that dominate any net effects of polices that focus on specific industries or households.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_3RiSg3IHjf9A3tz","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Did Not Answer","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(077) Question A: Consider one of two proposals for restraining future Medicare spending, each by the same amount: The method that President Obama enacted in the Affordable Care Act -- reducing Medicare-related payments to private insurers and altering the payment system for doctors and hospitals -- imposes risks on future Medicare patients because over time the supply of doctors, hospitals and insurers willing to offer them health services may decline in response to restrained payments.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_802wNj9BSmTSqYl","Daron Acemoglu":"Disagree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Strongly Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Did Not Answer","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Uncertain","Emmanuel Saez":"Disagree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Disagree"},"(078) Question B: Consider the other of two proposals for restraining future Medicare spending, each by the same amount: The method that Governor Romney advocates -- giving future seniors a fixed payment for premiums and letting private insurers compete with Medicare -- imposes risks on future Medicare patients because competition may not be powerful to enough to offer future seniors the same quality of care that is currently promised without supplementing their premium support.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_802wNj9BSmTSqYl","Daron Acemoglu":"Disagree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Strongly Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Disagree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Did Not Answer","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Strongly Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(079) Question A: The federal government would make the average U.S. citizen better off by using policies that directly focus more on increasing manufacturing employment than employment in other sectors.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_bf1N9m71c1yF6jr","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Strongly Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Strongly Disagree","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Disagree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Uncertain","Luigi Zingales":"Uncertain","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Disagree","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Disagree","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Disagree","Ray Fair":"Disagree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Disagree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Disagree","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Disagree","Raj Chetty":"Disagree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Disagree"},"(080) Question B: Because firms and inventors do not capture the full returns from research and development, the government would increase the average well-being of Americans (and potentially of others too) by favoring R&D using the tax code.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_bf1N9m71c1yF6jr","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Disagree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"No Opinion","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Uncertain","Luigi Zingales":"Uncertain","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(081) Question A: The U.S government should make further efforts to shrink the size of the country's largest banks -- such as by capping the size of their liabilities or penalizing large banks more heavily through taxes or other means -- because the existing regulations do not require the biggest banks to internalize enough of the \\\"too-big-to-fail\\\" risks that they pose.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_bHQgnwaCqTtI5bT","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Strongly Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Uncertain","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Did Not Answer","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"No Opinion","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(082) Question B: The economic benefits to the U.S. of having a handful of banks with balance sheets greater than $1 trillion are small.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_bHQgnwaCqTtI5bT","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Strongly Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Uncertain","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Did Not Answer","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Uncertain","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"No Opinion","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(083) Question A: Taking into account all of the economic consequences -- including the incentives of banks to ensure their own liquidity and solvency in the future -- the benefits of bailing out U.S. banks in 2008 will end up exceeding the costs.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0qeKwxLWkDyiwjX","Daron Acemoglu":"Disagree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Uncertain","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Did Not Answer","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(084) Question B: Because GM and Chrysler were bailed out in 2008-09, the U.S. unemployment rate was lower at the end of 2010 than it would it have been if Congress and the executive branch had not intervened.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0qeKwxLWkDyiwjX","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Did Not Answer","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(085) Question C: Taking into account all of the economic consequences -- including effects on corporate managers' incentives and on creditors' expectations of how their claims will be treated in future bankruptcies -- the benefits of bailing out GM and Chrysler will end up exceeding the costs.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0qeKwxLWkDyiwjX","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Uncertain","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Did Not Answer","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(086) Question A: Because federal spending on Medicare and Medicaid will continue to grow under current policy beyond the 10-year window of most political budget debates, it is easy for a politician to devise a budget plan that would reduce federal deficits over the next decade without really making the U.S. fiscally sustainable.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_4Hqfvp5zYVcLhS5","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"No Opinion","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"No Opinion","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Did Not Answer","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Agree","David Cutler":"Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(087) Question B: Comparing two plans that would reduce federal budget deficits by identical amounts in each of the next 10 years, one that did so partly by reducing significantly the long-term growth rate of Medicare and Medicaid spending would do more to make the U.S. budget fiscally sustainable than one that did not lower the growth of these spending programs.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_4Hqfvp5zYVcLhS5","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Did Not Answer","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Did Not Answer","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(088) The Brookings Institution recently described a US carbon tax of $20 per ton, increasing at 4% per year, which would raise an estimated $150 billion per year in federal revenues over the next decade. Given the negative externalities created by carbon dioxide emissions, a federal carbon tax at this rate would involve fewer harmful net distortions to the US economy than a tax increase that generated the same revenue by raising marginal tax rates on labor income across the board.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_8oABK2TolkGluV7","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Strongly Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":"Did Not Answer","Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Strongly Agree","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(089) The annual indexing of Social Security benefits to increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (the CPI-W) leads to higher benefits than would be required to compensate recipients for genuine cost-of-living increases.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_3qSMzAVWMRUHdOJ","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"No Opinion","Hyun Song Shin":"Did Not Answer","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Uncertain","Richard Thaler":"Uncertain","Luigi Zingales":"No Opinion","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Uncertain","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Did Not Answer","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Did Not Answer","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(090) The federal government would make the average U.S. citizen better off by using policies that directly focus more on increasing small business growth than growth of economic output overall.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0JR8bRv6BywTYAl","Daron Acemoglu":"Disagree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Disagree","Angus Deaton":"Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Disagree","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Disagree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Disagree","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"Uncertain","Alan Auerbach":"Disagree","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Disagree","Michael Greenstone":"Disagree","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Disagree","Joseph Altonji":"Disagree","Judith Chevalier":"Disagree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Disagree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"No Opinion","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"No Opinion","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Disagree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Strongly Disagree","Raj Chetty":"Disagree","David Cutler":"Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Disagree"},"(091) Because all federal spending and taxes must be approved by both houses of Congress and the executive branch, a separate debt ceiling that has to be increased periodically creates unneeded uncertainty and can potentially lead to worse fiscal outcomes.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_555sdN4BXmfNKCN","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"No Opinion","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Disagree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Strongly Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"No Opinion","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(092) The persistent deflation in Japan since 1997 could have been avoided had the Bank of Japan followed different monetary policies.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_bvjcAG4fti8BdBj","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"No Opinion","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"No Opinion","Richard Thaler":"No Opinion","Luigi Zingales":"Did Not Answer","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Strongly Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Uncertain","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"No Opinion","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"No Opinion","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(093) The average US citizen would be better off if a larger number of highly educated foreign workers were legally allowed to immigrate to the US each year.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_0JtSLKwzqNSfrAF","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Strongly Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(094) Question A: Raising the federal minimum wage to $9 per hour would make it noticeably harder for low-skilled workers to find employment.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_br0IEq5a9E77NMV","Daron Acemoglu":"Disagree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Uncertain","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Uncertain","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"Did Not Answer","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Disagree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Disagree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Disagree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"No Opinion","William Nordhaus":"Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Disagree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Disagree","David Cutler":"Uncertain","Claudia Goldin":"Disagree"},"(095) Question B: The distortionary costs of raising the federal minimum wage to $9 per hour and indexing it to inflation are sufficiently small compared with the benefits to low-skilled workers who can find employment that this would be a desirable policy.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_br0IEq5a9E77NMV","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Uncertain","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Uncertain","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Strongly Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Did Not Answer","Alan Auerbach":"Uncertain","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Uncertain","Robert Hall":"Disagree","Caroline Hoxby":"Strongly Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Uncertain","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Disagree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Disagree","Ray Fair":"Uncertain","Pinelopi Goldberg":"No Opinion","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Uncertain","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Did Not Answer","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Uncertain","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(096) Using government funds to guarantee preschool education for four-year olds would yield a much lower social return than the ones achieved by the most highly touted targeted preschool initiatives.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_6Xaz7nI19kBzz8x","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"No Opinion","Hyun Song Shin":"Did Not Answer","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Disagree","Anil Kashyap":"No Opinion","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Uncertain","Luigi Zingales":"No Opinion","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"No Opinion","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"No Opinion","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Uncertain","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"No Opinion","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"No Opinion","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Strongly Disagree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Disagree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(097) Refusing to liberalize trade unless partner countries adopt new labor or environmental rules is a bad policy, because even if the new standards would reduce distortions on some dimensions, such a policy involves threatening to maintain large distortions in the form of restricted trade.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_b8l5ezGsRO0eedD","Daron Acemoglu":"Disagree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"No Opinion","Hyun Song Shin":"Did Not Answer","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Disagree","Luigi Zingales":"No Opinion","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Uncertain","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Strongly Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Agree","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Disagree","Christopher Udry":"Uncertain","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Uncertain","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(098) Countries that let their debt loads get high risk losing control of their own fiscal sustainability, through an adverse feedback loop in which doubts by lenders lead to higher government bond rates, which in turn make debt problems more severe.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_3HK5k8CCffR7iV7","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Did Not Answer","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Strongly Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Did Not Answer","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Uncertain","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Strongly Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Strongly Agree","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Strongly Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"No Opinion"},"(099) A bitcoin's value derives solely from the belief that others will want to use it for trade, which implies that its purchasing power is likely to fluctuate over time to a degree that will limit its usefulness.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_8qRwhHaLc7b5Sp7","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Uncertain","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Uncertain","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Strongly Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Strongly Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"No Opinion","Emmanuel Saez":"Strongly Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Disagree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Uncertain","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Agree","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"Strongly Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(100) Reducing the income-tax deductibility of charitable gifts is a less distortionary way to raise new revenue than raising the same amount of revenue through a proportional increase in all marginal tax rates.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_1OgeewFudCBw2y1","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Uncertain","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Agree","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Strongly Agree","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Strongly Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Did Not Answer","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Uncertain","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Did Not Answer","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Strongly Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Disagree"},"(101) Question A: Because the US has underspent on new projects, maintenance, or both, the federal government has an opportunity to increase average incomes by spending more on roads, railways, bridges and airports.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_1ZmH6tDwTR0BRu5","Daron Acemoglu":"Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Strongly Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Did Not Answer","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Did Not Answer","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Did Not Answer","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Uncertain","Caroline Hoxby":"Disagree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Strongly Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Agree","Ray Fair":"No Opinion","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Agree","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Strongly Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(102) Question B: Past experience of public spending and political economy suggests that if the government spent more on roads, railways, bridges and airports, many of the projects would have low or negative returns.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_1ZmH6tDwTR0BRu5","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Disagree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Disagree","Hyun Song Shin":"Did Not Answer","Marianne Bertrand":"Uncertain","Austan Goolsbee":"Strongly Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Uncertain","David Autor":"Disagree","Richard Thaler":"Uncertain","Luigi Zingales":"Did Not Answer","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Did Not Answer","Maurice Obstfeld":"Disagree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Uncertain","Michael Greenstone":"Agree","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"No Opinion","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Disagree","William Nordhaus":"Uncertain","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Disagree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Disagree","Christopher Udry":"Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Strongly Disagree","Claudia Goldin":"Uncertain"},"(103) Restricting US exports of liquefied natural gas would have adverse effects on the US economy.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_3OZnyKb60hNkc6x","Daron Acemoglu":"Uncertain","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Did Not Answer","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Agree","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"No Opinion","David Autor":"Uncertain","Richard Thaler":"Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Did Not Answer","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Uncertain","Darrell Duffie":"Agree","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Strongly Agree","Pete Klenow":"Strongly Agree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"No Opinion","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Uncertain","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Did Not Answer","William Nordhaus":"Strongly Disagree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"Agree","Christopher Udry":"Strongly Agree","Aaron Edlin":"Disagree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"Agree","Raj Chetty":"Agree","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Agree"},"(104) Slavery in the United States was eradicated because of social and political events, not because it was an unprofitable institution for slaveholders.":{"q_url_suffix":"SV_aWBLHmVRxw5IY1T","Daron Acemoglu":"Strongly Agree","James Stock":null,"Janet Currie":"Agree","Angus Deaton":"Agree","Cecilia Rouse":null,"Jose Scheinkman":"Strongly Agree","Hyun Song Shin":"Did Not Answer","Marianne Bertrand":"Agree","Austan Goolsbee":"Uncertain","Anil Kashyap":"Agree","Nancy Stokey":"Strongly Agree","David Autor":"Agree","Richard Thaler":"Strongly Agree","Luigi Zingales":"Did Not Answer","Alan Auerbach":"Agree","Barry Eichengreen":"Agree","Maurice Obstfeld":"Agree","Emmanuel Saez":"Agree","Darrell Duffie":"No Opinion","Robert Hall":"Strongly Agree","Caroline Hoxby":"Agree","Kenneth Judd":"Strongly Agree","Michael Greenstone":"Did Not Answer","Pete Klenow":"Agree","Edward Lazear":null,"Jonathan Levin":"Did Not Answer","Joseph Altonji":"Agree","Judith Chevalier":"Strongly Agree","Ray Fair":"Agree","Pinelopi Goldberg":"Uncertain","William Nordhaus":"Agree","Alberto Alesina":"Did Not Answer","Eric Maskin":"Agree","Bengt Holmstroem":"No Opinion","Christopher Udry":"Did Not Answer","Aaron Edlin":"Agree","Richard Schmalensee":"Strongly Agree","Katherine Baicker":"No Opinion","Raj Chetty":"Uncertain","David Cutler":"Agree","Claudia Goldin":"Strongly Agree"},"(105) Sustained tax and 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