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ERIC Number: EJ528567
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0485
Changes in Attitudes among College Economics Students about the Fairness of the Market.
Whaples, Robert
Journal of Economic Education, v26 n4 p308-13 Fall 1995
Charts the changes in student opinions, regarding the fairness of pricing and profits, from beginning to end of a first-year college economics course. Students answered morally ambiguous questions involving product markets and prices. Student belief in the fairness of free market pricing increased dramatically. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Competition, Consumer Education, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economics Education, Free Enterprise System, Merchandise Information, Operating Expenses, Purchasing, Sex Differences, Social Responsibility, Social Values, Student Attitudes, Student Reaction, Student Surveys, Supply and Demand, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Shiller (R J)