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Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?
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In this paper we investigate whether exposure to the self-interest model commonly used in economics alters the extent to which people behave in self-interested ways. First, we report the results of several empirical studies—some our own, some by others—that suggest economists behave in more self-interested ways. By itself, this evidence does not demonstrate that exposure to the self-interest model causes more self-interested behavior, since it may be that economists were simply more self-interested to begin with, and this difference was one reason they chose to study economics. Second, we present preliminary evidence that exposure to the self-interest model does in fact encourage self-interested behavior.
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- Authors
- Frank, R. H., Gilovich, T., & Regan, D. T.
- Venue
- Journal of Economic Perspectives
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 1993-05-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 159-171
- ISSN
- 0895-3309 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2077998383
- Cited by
- 1,567
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 93.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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