Papers on economic issues are considered more trustworthy or credible if they are from the NBER. Non-NBER papers are being ignored or dismissed which is limiting the dissemination of broader economics research on COVID-19. 

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

"If you’re working on a paper on COVID-19 (or any other topic), it might be useful to know that there are relevant papers outside of the NBER working paper series."

- @austinlwright

Austin Wright expresses that researchers should expand their sources from where they are getting information

Tweet is about how COVID-19 researchers writing on economic issues are limiting their literature search to NBER papers. Wright’s research is in political economy. 

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Hypothesis 1 of Austin Wright tweet

Institutional credentials should be given less emphasis for COVID-19 research. Community endorsements of shared knowledge provides an alternative model which can allow for a broader discussion of research. 

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