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Do Economists Make Bad Citizens?

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Frank, Robert H
Gilovich, Thomas D
Regan, Dennis T
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Although field experiments and classroom surveys are ambiguous about whether economists are less likely than others to cooperate in social dilemmas, three important points remain clear: economics training encourages the view that people are motivated primarily by self-interest; there is clear evidence that this view leads people to expect others to defect in social dilemmas; and there is also evidence that, when people expect partners to defect, they are overwhelmingly likely to defect themselves. These points' logical implications appear to place a heavy burden of proof on those who insist economics training does not inhibit cooperation. Copyright 1996 by American Economic Association.

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Volume (Year): 10 (1996)
Issue (Month): 1 (Winter)
Pages: 187-92
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