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Fall 2007

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 23, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2007

Attitudes Toward Free Markets and Interest in Pro-Market Organizations: Evidence from Students In Free Enterprise

Amanda S. King, Georgia Southern University

John T. King, Georgia Southern University

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JournalofPrivateEnterprise,VolumeXXIII,Number1,Fall2007AttitudesTowardFreeMarketsandInterestinPro-MarketOrganizations:EvidencefromStudentsInFreeEnterpriseAmandaS.KingGeorgiaSouthernUniversityJohnT.KingGeorgiaSouthernUniversityItisnotsurprisingthatstudentswhostudyfreemarketstendtohaveapositiveattitudeaboutfreemarkets.Forexample,BreedenandLephardt(2002)findthatthehigherthelevelofeconomicscoursethesurveyedstudentisenrolledin,themorepro-marketthestudentis.Whattheydonotshow,however,isifthesestudentsareinhigherleveleconomicscoursesbecauseoftheirbeliefsoriftheyhavethesebeliefsbecausetheyareinhigherleveleconomicscourses.Inthisnote,weexplorethisquestionbyexaminingwhetherstudentsexhibitinganextracurricularinterestinfreemarketswithouthavingnecessarilystudiedeconomicsorbusinesstendtobepro-market.Surprisingly,wefindthatstudentswhoexpressaninterestinjoiningStudentsInFreeEnterprise(SIFE)areactuallysignificantlylesspro-marketthantheirpeers.Beyondthisfinding,ourcharacterizationofthestudentinterestedinSIFErelayedinthisnoteshouldbeusefultoanyonerecruitingforabusiness-relatedstudentorganization.SIFEisanon-profitorganizationwithteamsoncollegeanduniversitycampusesaroundtheworld.Itsmissionisto"providecollegeanduniversitystudentsthebestopportunitytomakeadifferenceandtodevelopleadership,teamworkandcommunicationskillsthroughlearning,practicingandteachingtheprinciplesofFREEENTERPRISE"(SIFEUSA,12).Asthenameimplies,SIFEisAmandaS.KingandJohnT.King167

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Title	Attitudes Toward Free Markets and Interest in Pro-Market Organizations: Evidence from Students In Free Enterprise
Authors/Creators:	Amanda S. King, Georgia Southern University John T. King, Georgia Southern University
Year:	2007
Volume:	23
Number:	1
Pages:	167 - 173
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	Economic education, Student organizations

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King, Amanda S.; King, John T. / 2007. "Attitudes Toward Free Markets and Interest in Pro-Market Organizations: Evidence from Students In Free Enterprise." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 23(1): 167-173.