Autore
Rizzello, Salvatore

Titolo
OUGHT (ONLY) ECONOMISTS TO DEFECT? STEREOTYPES, IDENTITY, AND THE PRISONER DILEMMA
Periodico
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale 'A. Avogadro' : Facoltà di Economia - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi "SEMEQ" - Quaderni
Anno: 2007 - Volume: 07 - Fascicolo: 21 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 19

An observed discrepancy in the behaviour of Economics students and non-Economics ones in game theoretical experiments indicates that the former are more selfish. The prevalent explanation for this is that they are ‘born economists’ and thus self-select themselves into the discipline. This belief is supported by the observation that Econ-students already differ from non-Econ ones at the very beginning of the their training. We argue that the difference can also be explained by second-order expectations afforded by the economist’s stereotype and by the adherence to such stereotype.



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