This paper provides evidence of a novel facet of peer effects by showing how peer personality affects educational … achievement. We exploit random assignment of students to university sections and find that students perform better in the presence … of more persistent peers and more risk-averse peers. In particular, low-persistence students benefit from highly …

shaping business students' perspectives and decisions in the modern business landscape. It reunites their career preferences …, personality characteristics and knowledge regarding technology's utility for business and compares them between two cohorts (i ….e., first year bachelor students and second year master students). The results of an online survey with a sample of 154 …