The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits
Экономика и психология личностных черт
2008-01-01
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This paper explores the interface between personality psychology and economics. We examine the predictive power of personality, and the stability of personality traits over the life cycle. We develop simple analytical frameworks for interpreting the evidence in personality psychology and suggest promising avenues for future research.
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Personality traits have predictive power for economically relevant outcomes.
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Simple analytical frameworks are developed to interpret evidence from personality psychology economically.
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The paper examines how stable personality traits remain across the life cycle.
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The paper identifies promising directions for future research at the intersection of economics and personality psychology.
Research Object
Personality traits (as studied at the intersection of psychology and economics)
Research Subject
their predictive power and stability over the life cycle
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