Intelligence makes people think like economists: Evidence from the General Social Survey

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 636-647

  Caplan, Bryan ^a   Miller, Stephen C ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability bias; Civic returns; Economic beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958153936     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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