Experimental game theory and behavior genetics

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1167, Issue , 2009, Pages 66-75

  Cesarini, David ^a,e   Dawes, Christopher T ^b   Johannesson, Magnus ^c   Lichtenstein, Paul ^d   Wallace, Björn ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e Department of Economics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; Biomarkers; Experimental economics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

EID: 67649637388     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04505.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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