A randomized trial of the effect of estrogen and testosterone on economic behavior

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6535-6538

  Zethraeus, Niklas ^a   Kocoska Maras, Ljiljana ^b   Ellingsen, Tore ^a   Von Schoultz, Bo ^b   Hirschberg, Angelica Lindén ^b   Johannesson, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Risk aversion; Sex hormones; Trust game; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUST; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ALTRUISM; BEHAVIOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECONOMICS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; RISK-TAKING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 66149097029     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812757106     Document Type: Article

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