Economics Indoctrination or Selection? Some Empirical Results.

Frey, Bruno S.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ482439

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Publication Date: 1993

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Economics Indoctrination or Selection? Some Empirical Results.

Frey, Bruno S.; And Others

Journal of Economic Education, v24 n3 p271-81 Sum 1993

Maintains that university economics classes focus on mainstream economics and neglect ethical values. Reports on a study of 511 university students and 645 households in Zurich, Switzerland, and Berlin, Germany. Finds that students' evaluation of fairness in economic transactions remains stable during the period of time they participate in economics classes. (CFR)

Descriptors: Capitalism, Economic Factors, Economics, Economics Education, Ethics, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Ideology, Social Science Research, Socialization, Student Attitudes, Teacher Influence, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Germany; Switzerland

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