Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: Volume 27, No. 4
Issue: Fall 1996
Pages: 362-370
Author(s): David Brasfield (Murray State University), Dannie Harrison (Murray State University), James McCoy (Murray State University) and Martin Milkman (Murray State University)
Address (Principal Author):David Brasfield, Department of Economics, Murray State University, PO Box 9, Murray, KY 42071-0009, (502) 762-4188
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Title: Why Have Some Schools Not Experienced Decrease in the Percentage of Students Majoring in Economics?
Abstract: Schools that offer an economics minor or incorporate more economics electives in their economics programs appear to have been a less risk than those that do not. Economics departments that did not face competitions from a business program at the same institution also may have been at more risk of losing majors than those that had to compete with a business program.