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dc.contributor.authorCesarini, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorDawes, Christopher T.en
dc.contributor.authorJohannesson, Magnusen
dc.contributor.authorLichtenstein, Paulen
dc.contributor.authorWallace, Björnen
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-28T13:10:23Z-
dc.date.available2012-03-28T13:10:23Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/56327-
dc.description.abstractIn 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 which has hitherto largely been neglected in the economics literature.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aStockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI) |cStockholmen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aSSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance |x679en
dc.subject.jelC90en
dc.subject.jelD01en
dc.subject.jelD64en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordGeneticsen
dc.subject.keywordAltruismen
dc.subject.keywordRisk Aversionen
dc.subject.keywordPreferencesen
dc.subject.keywordExperimentsen
dc.subject.stwRisikopräferenzen
dc.subject.stwAltruismusen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwPräferenztheorieen
dc.subject.stwBiologieen
dc.subject.stwSchwedenen
dc.titleGenetic influences on economic preferences-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn550967397en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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