Abstract
We examine the success of international finance graduate students using various academic metrics and starting salaries as proxies for "success." Developing a unique data set, we measure outcomes for a coterie of students from across the globe, considering such prosaic factors as age, gender, marital status, and undergraduate major. We employ Hofstede's cultural dimensions to frame results, suggesting dimensions of "cultural values" influence outcomes. We find graduate GPAs most powerfully anticipated by undergraduate GP As, likelihood of thesis completion predicted by GP A and Hofstede dimensions - Power Distance and Individualism. We find women, higher GPAs and GMATs earn higher salaries after graduation.
Recommended Citation
(2026)
"The Culture and Performance of the International Graduate Student in the Finance Classroom,"
Journal of Economics and Finance Education: Vol. 22:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/jefe/vol22/iss1/3
