Personality and economics: Overview and proposed framework

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-209

  Ferguson, Eamonn ^a   Heckman, James J ^b,c,d,e   Corr, Philip ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79958086547     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.030     Document Type: Editorial

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