Genetic Variation in Preferences for Giving and Risk Taking

Genetic Variation in Preferences for Giving and Risk Taking

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 standardmethods from behavior genetics, we find strong prima facie evidence that these preferences are broadly heritable a...

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Main Authors: Cesarini, David Alexander, Dawes, Christopher T., Johannesson, Magnus, Lichtenstein, Paul, Wallace, Bjorn
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: MIT Press 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/57904

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