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Tiêu đề

Liberal arts or business: Does the location of the economics department alter the major?

Tác giả

Dean D.H.; Dolan R.C.

Năm xuất bản

2001

Source title

Journal of Economic Education

Số trích dẫn

DOI

10.1080/00220480109595167

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0035579698&doi=10.1080%2f00220480109595167&partnerID=40&md5=96d925e882e606f7aab4733fdef36a2b

Tóm tắt

The authors examine whether the administrative location of an economics department in a business versus liberal arts school alters the character of the economics program provided to undergraduate majors. To test this hypothesis, they constructed a curricular character index (CCI) based on a detailed accounting of assorted dimensions of an economics major. The CCI served as the dependent variable in a regression model that controlled for other institutional attributes that could influence curricular character. The sample of 148 primarily undergraduate institutions was selected to impose some semblance of a ceteris paribus environment. Contrary to earlier findings, the empirical results strongly indicate that the administrative location of an economics department in business versus liberal arts schools significantly changes the character of the program offered to majors.

Từ khóa

Business schools; Economics curriculum

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