The Economic Experts Survey

The Economic Experts Survey (EES) is the most comprehensive global survey of economic experts. Established at the ifo Institute in 2022 as the successor to the World Economic Survey (WES), its aim is to capture experts’ assessments of economic policy and political developments in their home countries, as well as their views on topical issues in the economic policy debate. Each quarter, the EES surveys around 10,000 experts across over 120 countries, providing real-time insights into experts’ perspectives on current economic policy. In this paper, we present an overview of the EES. We describe the survey’s coverage and characteristics of its participants, outline the methodological approach and questionnaire design, and briefly describe research based on EES data. We also explain the opportunities for accessing the EES data.