The genetics of economic risk preferences

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-377

  Zyphur, Michael J ^a   Narayanan, Jayanth ^b   Arvey, Richard D ^b   Alexander, Gordon J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic risk preferences; Genetics; Heritability; Minnesota twin registry; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349332587     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.643     Document Type: Article

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