With Stephan Meier

Economic Inquiry 2003, title and abstract:

"Are political economists selfish and indoctrinated? Evidence from a natural experiment", 41(3), 448–62 DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbg020

“Most professional economists believe that economists in general are more selfish than other people and that this increased selfishness is due to economics education. This article offers empirical evidence against this widely held belief Using a unique data set about giving behavior in connection with two social funds at the University of Zurich, it is shown that economics education does not make people act more selfishly. Rather, this natural experiment suggests that the particular behavior of economists can be explained by a selection effect.”

International Journal of the Economics of Business 2004 (does cite EI), title and abstract:

"Do Business Students Make Good Citizens?", 11(2), 141-163 DOI: 10.1080/1357151042000222492

“Business students are often portrayed as behaving too egoistically. The critics call for more social responsibility and good citizenship behavior by business students. We present evidence of pro-social behavior of business students. With a large panel data set for real-life behavior at the University ofzurich, two specific hypotheses are tested: do selfish students select into business studies or does the training in business studies negatively indoctrinate students? The evidence points to a selection effect. Business education does not seem to change the citizenship behavior of business students.”

European Journal of Law and Economics 2005 (does not cite the other papers), title and abstract:

"Selfish and Indoctrinated Economists", 19(2), 165-171.DOI: 10.1007/s10657-005-5425-8

“Many people believe that economists in general are more selfish than other people and that this greater selfishness is due to economics education. This paper offers empirical evidence against this widely held belief. Using a unique data set on giving behaviour in connection with two social funds at the University of Zurich, it is shown that economics education does not make people act more selfishly. Rather, this natural experiment suggests that the particular behaviour of economists can be explained by a selection effect.”