Magnus Johannesson

Magnus Johannesson holds the Ragnar Söderberg Chair.

Selected recent publications:

Does gender diversity promote nonconformity? Management Science (2017, vol. 63)

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment. Nature (2016, vol. 533)

Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses. Nature Genetics (2016, vol. 48)

Evaluating replicability of laboratory experiments in economics. Science (2016, vol. 351).

Using prediction markets to estimate the reproducibility of scientific research. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2015, vol. 112)

Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science (2015, vol. 349)

Polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder predict creativity. Nature Neuroscience (2015, vol. 18)

Assessing the robustness of power posing: no effect on hormones and risk tolerance in a large sample of men and women. Psychological Science (2015, vol. 26)

Smoking is associated with mosaic loss of chromosome Y. Science (2015, vol. 347)

Replicablity and robustness of GWAS for behavioral traits. Psychological Science (2014, vol. 25)

Common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance identified using proxy-phenotype method. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2014, vol. 111)

The relationship between genes, psychological traits, and political participation. American Journal of Political Science (2014, vol. 58)

Pre-birth factors, post-birth factors, and voting: evidence from Swedish Adoption Data. American Political Science Review (2014, vol. 108)  

Molecular genetics and subjective well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2013, vol. 110)

GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment. Science (2013, vol. 340)

Intuition and cooperation reconsidered. Nature (2013, vol. 498)

The genetic architecture of economic and political preferences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2012, vol. 109)

Most reported genetic associations with general intelligence are probably false positives. Psychological Science (2012, vol. 23)

The behavioral genetics of behavioral anomalies. Management Science (2012, vol. 58)

Molecular genetics and economics. Journal of Economic Perspectives (2011, vol. 25)

Conspicuous generosity. Journal of Public Economics (2011, vol. 95)

Genetic variation in financial decision making. Journal of Finance (2010, vol. 65)

Genetic variation in preferences for giving and risk-taking. Quarterly Journal of Economics (2009, vol. 124)

A randomized trial of the effect of estrogen and testosterone on economic behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2009, vol. 106) 

Trust and truth. Economic Journal (2009, vol. 119)

Crowding out in blood donation: was Titmuss right? Journal of the European Economic Association (2008, vol. 6)

Pride and prejudice: the human side of incentive theory. American Economic Review (2008, vol. 98)

Eliciting willingness to pay without bias: evidence from a field experiment. Economic Journal (2008, vol. 118)

Heritability of cooperative behavior in the trust game. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2008, vol. 105)

Heritability of ultimatum game responder behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (October 2, 2007, vol. 104)

Paying respect. Journal of Economic Perspectives (2007, vol. 21)

Is altruism paternalistic? Economic Journal (2007, vol. 117)