Do business students make good citizens?

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-163

  Meier, Stephan ^a   Frey, Bruno S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business Students; Education; Giving Behavior; Public Good; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142688296     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357151042000222492     Document Type: Review

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