Toward the integration of personality theory and decision theory in explaining economic behavior: An experimental investigation

Aldo Rustichini, Colin G. DeYoung, Jon E. Anderson and Stephen Burks

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2016, vol. 64, issue C, 122-137

Abstract: Economics and trait-based personality psychology have taken different approaches to understanding individual differences. The former emphasizes variables measured according to formal decision theory; the latter instead emphasizes variables derived from the factor analysis of trait assessments.

Keywords: Personality theory; Decision theory; Strategic behavior; Job performance; Heavy truck accident; Truckload; Turnover; Trucker (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 C93 D83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2016.04.019

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