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1、IZADPNo.3333TheEconomicsandPsychologyofPersonalityTraitsLexBorghansAngelaLeeDuckworthJamesJ.HeckmanBasterWeelDISCUSSIONPAPERSERIESFebruary2008ForschungsinstitutzurZukunftderArbeitInstitutefortheStudyofLaborTheEconomicsandPsychologyofPersonalityTraitsLexBorghansROA,Maastric

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7、ary2008ABSTRACT*TheEconomicsandPsychologyofPersonalityTraitsThispaperexplorestheinterfacebetweenpersonalitypsychologyandeconomics.Weexaminethepredictivepowerofpersonalityandthestabilityofpersonalitytraitsoverthelifecycle.Wedevelopsimpleanalyticalframeworksforinterpretingth

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