Personality Psychology and Economics

This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is interpreted as a construct derived from an economic model of preferences, constraints, and information. Evidence is reviewed a...

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1. VerfasserIn: Almlund, Mathilde (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Kautz, Tim ; Heckman, James J. ; Duckworth, Angela Lee
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Sprache:Englisch
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