Several recent studies found that the behaviour of economists was less cooperative than the behaviour of non-economists …. Other studies found, however, that economists behaved no differently than other individuals. In this Paper, we study this … priorities reported by students of economics are different from those reported by students from other fields: Economists …

Economists often play crucial roles in designing and implementing public policies; thus it is of importance to better … understand the values that underlie their decisions. We explore the value hierarchies of economists in four studies: The first … organization and work orientation. Taken together, our findings indicate that economists have a distinctive pattern of value …