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Honesty versus Cooperation:
Author(s) -
Zsolnai Laszlo
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/1536-7150.00241
Subject(s) - honesty , contradiction , positive economics , variety (cybernetics) , property rights , quality (philosophy) , social psychology , psychology , property (philosophy) , economics , law and economics , sociology , epistemology , philosophy , microeconomics , mathematics , statistics
A BSTRACT . A variety of empirical evidence suggests that economics students are less cooperative than are students in other disciplines. Anthony M. Yezer and his colleagues have recently provided a strong counter‐example claiming that economics students behave in a more honest manner than do noneconomics students. Since honesty and cooperation are not the same quality, there might be no contradiction between these two claims. Economics students seem to re‐present a special pattern of moral behavior that is characterized by respect for property rights and strong self‐interest motivation simultaneously.