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Nicolaou, Nicos and Shane, S. (2020) Common genetic effects on risk-taking preferences and choices. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 59 (3). pp. 261-279. doi:10.1007/s11166-019-09316-2 ISSN 0895-5646.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-019-09316-2
Abstract
Although prior research has shown that risk-taking preferences and choices are correlated across many domains, there is a dearth of research investigating whether these correlations are primarily the result of genetic or environmental factors. We examine the extent to which common genetic factors account for the association between general risk-taking preferences and domain specific risk-taking preferences, and between general risk-taking preferences and risk taking choices in financial investments, stock market participation and business formation. Using data from 1898 monozygotic (MZ) and 1344 same-sex dizygotic (DZ) twins, we find that general risk-taking shares a common genetic component with domain-specific risk-taking preferences and risk-taking choices.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management H Social Sciences > HM Sociology Q Science > QH Natural history |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Risk assessment, Risk, Uncertainty, Choice (Psychology), Behavior genetics | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Risk and Uncertainty | ||||||||
Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0895-5646 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 9 January 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 59 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 261-279 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s11166-019-09316-2 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 January 2020 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 15 January 2020 | ||||||||
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