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Do business students make good citizens?

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STEPHAN MEIER
BRUNO FREY

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Business students are often portrayed as behaving too egoistically. The critics call for more social responsibility and good citizenship behavior by business students. We present evidence of pro-social behavior of business students. With a large panel data set for real-life behavior at the University of Zurich, two specific hypotheses are tested: do selfish students select into business studies or does the training in business studies negatively indoctrinate students? The evidence points to a selection effect. Business education does not seem to change the citizenship behavior of business students.

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Volume (Year): 11 (2004)
Issue (Month): 2 (July)
Pages: 141-163
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Keywords: Business Students Public Good Giving Behavior Education Selection JEL classification:&ensp A13 A20 H41

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