Re: economics students' attitudes

1997-10-07 Thread Gina Neff
See _The Making of an Economist_ by Arjo Klamer and David Colander, Westview. Doing a survey of 1rst and 3rd year economics grad students at MIT, Columbia, Chicago and someplace else (Harvard or Yale maybe) they evaluate the changes in attitudes that occur over the course of graduate school indot

Re: economics students' attitudes

1997-10-07 Thread Alex Campbell
J. of Economic Perspectives Winer 1996 Volume 10 No. 1 "Does Studying Economics Discourage Cooperation?" Yeser, Goldfarb and Poppen with coment by Robert H. Frank, Gilovich, and Regan Cheers!! Alex At 06:41 AM 10/7/97 -0700, Thad Williamson wrote: >Dear Pen-L'rs, > >Does anyone have handy refe

Re: economics students' attitudes

1997-10-07 Thread Doug Henwood
Thad Williamson wrote: >Does anyone have handy references or the actual data from studies showing >that students who major in economics or in economics grad programs develop >personal attitudes that mirror the theory of the rational calculating >economic actor they are studying? Robert H. Frank,

economics students' attitudes

1997-10-07 Thread Thad Williamson
Dear Pen-L'rs, Does anyone have handy references or the actual data from studies showing that students who major in economics or in economics grad programs develop personal attitudes that mirror the theory of the rational calculating economic actor they are studying? For an upcoming presentation