Empirical research on the pluralism debate in economics is scarce. This applies in particular to international studies investigating the student perspective. The paper addresses this gap by presenting quantitative evidence from a national survey among advanced economics students at five major German universities. The results provide insights into the way in which students evaluate (a) their academic career, their expectations, and motivations in the field (self-reflection); (b) the contents, methods, and constraints of their subject (discipline reflection); and (c) the societal impact of economics as a whole (discourse reflection). The findings show a rigorous and largely unanimous self- and discipline reflection among students on the one hand and a rather limited discourse reflection on the other. Due to the perceived performance pressure in economics, students remain reluctant to join the pluralism debate, even though they share most points of criticism on the field.

关于经济学多元论辩论的实证研究很少。这尤其适用于研究学生观点的国际研究。本文通过提供来自德国五所主要大学的高级经济学专业学生的全国调查的定量证据来解决这一差距。这些结果提供了对学生评估方式的见解（a）他们的学术职业，他们的期望和该领域的动机（自我反省）；（b）其主题的内容，方法和限制（学科反思）；（c）整个经济学的社会影响（话语反射）。研究结果表明，一方面，学生对学生的自律和纪律进行了严格而又一致的反思，另一方面，学生对话语的反思十分有限。