Genetic Variation in Preferences for Giving and Risk Taking<sup>*</sup>
The Quarterly Journal of EconomicsPublished 1 May 2009
David Cesarini, Christopher T. Dawes, Magnus Johannesson, Paul Lichtenstein, Björn Wallace
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Journal Article Genetic Variation in Preferences for Giving and Risk Taking Get access David Cesarini, David Cesarini Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Christopher T. Dawes, Christopher T. Dawes Political Science Department, University of California at San Diego Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Magnus Johannesson, Magnus Johannesson Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Paul Lichtenstein, Paul Lichtenstein Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Björn Wallace Björn Wallace Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 124, Issue 2, May 2009, Pages 809–842, https://doi.org/10.1162/qjec.2009.124.2.809 Published: 01 May 2009
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