This article reviews existing research at the intersection of genetics and economics, presents
some new findings that illustrate the state of genoeconomics research, and surveys the …

Humans vary substantially in their willingness to take risks. In a combined sample of over 1
million individuals, we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of general risk …

While traditional finance focuses on the tools used to optimize return and minimize risk, this
book explains how psychology can affect our decisions more than financial theory. Covering …

Uncertainty is a ubiquitous component of human economic behaviour, yet people can vary
in their preferences for risk across populations, individuals and different points in time. As …

There is ample evidence that morphological and social cues in a human face provide
signals of human personality and behaviour. Previous studies have discovered associations …

Analyzing the savings behavior of a large sample of identical and fraternal twins, we find that
genetic differences explain about 33 percent of the variation in savings propensities across …

The costs of comprehensively genotyping human subjects have fallen to the point where
major funding bodies, even in the social sciences, are beginning to incorporate genetic and …

There is a growing interest in individual time and risk preferences. Little is known about how
these preferences are formed. It is hypothesised that parents may transmit their preferences …

It is increasingly recognized that decision making under uncertainty depends not only on
probabilities, but also on psychological factors such as ambiguity and familiarity. Using 325 …

Using a field experiment with high school students, we evaluate the development of risk
preferences. Examining the impact of school characteristics on preference development …