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Genetic variation in preferences for giving and risk taking
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- Johannesson, Magnus (author)
- Stockholm School of Economics,Handelshögskolan i Stockholm
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- Lichtenstein, Paul (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Karolinska Institutet (SE)
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- Wallace, Björn (author)
- Stockholm School of Economics,Handelshögskolan i Stockholm
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- Dawes, Christopher T. (author)
- University of California (US)
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- Cesarini, David (author)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
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- Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy E - Oxford Open Option D - RCUK, 2009
- 2009
- English.
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In: Quarterly Journal of Economics. - : Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy E - Oxford Open Option D - RCUK. - 1531-4650 .- 0033-5533. ; 124:2, s. 809-842
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Abstract
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- In this paper, we use the classical twin design to provide estimates of genetic and environmental influences on experimentally elicited preferences for risk and giving. Using standard methods from behavior genetics, we find strong prima facie evidence that these preferences are broadly heritable and our estimates suggest that genetic differences explain approximately twenty percent of individual variation. The results thus shed light on an important source of individual variation in preferences, a source that has hitherto been largely neglected in the economics literature.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
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