Genome-wide association studies in economics and entrepreneurship research: Promises and limitations

Small Business Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Koellinger, Philipp D ^a   van der Loos, Matthijs J H M ^a   Groenen, Patrick J F ^b   Thurik, A Roy ^a   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^c   van Rooij, Frank J A ^c   Uitterlinden, A G ^c   Hofman, Albert ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Genetics; Microeconomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949144694     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-010-9286-3     Document Type: Article

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