Patrick Minford is a classic for pushing the zero tariff approach to Brexit. he admitted that UK industry would virtually disappear if we went down this route but it was a still a good idea. Mind you, this is the same respected academic who said UKs GDP would drop by 20% with the introduction of the minimum wage.
Feel free to ignore this on reading who the authors are but here's a review of Economists for Brexits models and the flaws within -
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpo...ws-of-gravity/
This is a similar situation to climate change and vaccines - the vast majority of experts predict one outcome while a minority predict another. If the minority prediction fits peoples vision, then they are the only experts worth listening to