GREED VS. LOVE OF SCIENCE IN YOUNG ECONOMISTS. FIELD EXPERIMENT

• Authors: Krawczyk Michal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper reports a field experiment involving manipulation of invitations to register in an experimental economics subject database. Two types of invitations were sent, one emphasizing pecuniary and the other non-pecuniary benefits of participation. It was found that first-year economics majors were much more money-oriented, i.e. relatively more attracted by the first type of invitation, than any other group. This supports the view that the often-observed selfishness of economists results from selection and, if anything, is mitigated by training

Keywords

EN

EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Ekonomia. Rynek, Gospodarka, Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 25
• Pages: 142-150
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Krawczyk Michal

• Michal Krawczyk Wydzial Nauk Ekonomicznych, Uniwersytet Warszawski, ul. Dluga 44/50; 00-241 Warsaw, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA102619