Economics students: self-selected in preferences and indoctrinated in beliefs
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- Espín, Antonio M. & Correa, Manuel & Ruiz-Villaverde, Alberto, 2022. "Economics students: Self-selected in preferences and indoctrinated in beliefs," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 39(C).
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Keywords
self-selection; indoctrination; self-interest; inequality aversion; beliefs;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
- A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
- A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- D9 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics
- I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
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- NEP-EXP-2021-03-01 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HPE-2021-03-01 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-NEU-2021-03-01 (Neuroeconomics)
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