ACCOUNTING FOR THE RISE AND FALL IN THE NUMBER OF ECONOMICS MAJORS WITH THE DISCOURAGED-BUSINESS-MAJOR HYPOTHESIS

Authors
SALEMI MK EUBANKS C
Citation
Mk. Salemi et C. Eubanks, ACCOUNTING FOR THE RISE AND FALL IN THE NUMBER OF ECONOMICS MAJORS WITH THE DISCOURAGED-BUSINESS-MAJOR HYPOTHESIS, The Journal of economic education, 27(4), 1996, pp. 350
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research",Economics
Journal title
The Journal of economic education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00220485
Volume
27
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0485(1996)27:4<350:AFTRAF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Between 1978 and 1994, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill experienced a cycle in the number of economics degrees it conferred t hat was mole pronounced than that experienced nationally. A random sam ple of UNC economics majors between 1983 and 1994 showed that students screened out of the business curriculum made an economics major their second choice.