Mearman, Andrew; Papa, Aspasia; Webber, Don J. - Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, … - 2013
motivations for choosing to study economics. Applications of multiple techniques to student-level primary data reveal the … following. First, students’ perceptions of economics are on average somewhat negative, although there is considerable variation …. Second, they regard economics as having value, in terms of providing insight, specialist knowledge, and skills of …