@article {11403,
	title = {The Non-Cognitive Roots of Civic Honesty: Evidence from the US},
	number = {2},
	year = {2021},
	institution = {University of Verona},
	address = {Verona, Italy},
	abstract = {Even though a large experimental literature explored the links between personality traits and
honesty, available evidence is inconclusive. In this study, we provide large-scale evidence on
the influence of the {\textquotedblleft}Big Five{\textquotedblright} personality traits on civic honesty, by considering the role
played by individuals{\textquoteright} socioeconomic status. To this aim, we rely on survey data from the
Health and Retirement Study (HRS), which is representative of the US population aged 50 or
more. We show that most {\textquotedblleft}Big Five{\textquotedblright} traits significantly affect civic honesty, with
Agreeableness being the strongest predictor. We view our findings as complementing and
extending to civic-minded behavior the results of prior work on cheating based on small
samples and non-representative subject pools. },
	keywords = {Civic Honesty, Personality Traits, socioeconomic status},
	issn = {2036-2919 },
	url = {http://dse.univr.it/home/workingpapers/wp2021n2.pdf},
	author = {Bucciol Alessandro and Luca Zarri}
}
@article {11916,
	title = {The Non-Cognitive Roots of Civic Honesty: Evidence from the US},
	journal = {Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics},
	volume = {95},
	year = {2021},
	pages = {101758},
	abstract = {Even though a large experimental literature explored the links between personality and honesty, available evidence is inconclusive. In this study, we provide large-scale evidence on the influence of the {\textquotedblleft}Big Five{\textquotedblright} personality traits on civic honesty, by also considering the roles played by individuals{\textquoteright} socioeconomic status and the gender dimension. To this aim, we rely on survey data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), which is representative of the US population aged 50 or more. We show that most {\textquotedblleft}Big Five{\textquotedblright} traits significantly affect civic honesty, with Agreeableness being the strongest predictor. We view our findings as complementing and extending to civic-minded behavior the results of prior work on cheating based on small samples and non-representative subject pools.},
	keywords = {Civic Honesty, gender, Personality Traits, socioeconomic status},
	isbn = {2214-8043},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2021.101758},
	author = {Alessandro Bucciol and Luca Zarri}
}
@article {Bucciol2020,
	title = {Wounds that time can{\textquoteright}t heal: Life satisfaction and exposure to traumatic events},
	journal = {Journal of Economic Psychology},
	volume = {76},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {In this study, by employing large-scale survey data from four waves of the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we explore the (potentially long-lasting) effects of individuals{\textquoteright} exposure to psychologically traumatic life experiences on their subjective well-being. To this aim, we exploit the richness of our dataset, that contains information about occurrence and timing of a set of extreme events out of individuals{\textquoteright} control that may leave a {\textquotedblleft}scar{\textquotedblright} extending to their current levels of life satisfaction in general as well as with regard to specific life domains. Our findings indicate that having a close relative hit by a life-threatening illness or accident and, especially, having been victim of a serious physical attack or assault are negatively related to both general and domain-specific life satisfaction, even after controlling for personality traits. Next, life satisfaction is significantly lowered by being physically abused by a parent. Overall, we provide evidence that the effects of some traumatic events are persistent over time and mostly related to women. Surprisingly, the effects of child death are negligible also in the short term. {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier B.V.},
	keywords = {Economic Psychology, Trauma, Wounds},
	issn = {01674870},
	doi = {10.1016/j.joep.2019.102241},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167487019302089},
	author = {Alessandro Bucciol and Luca Zarri}
}
@article {9052,
	title = {Do personality traits influence investors{\textquoteright} portfolios?},
	journal = {Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics},
	volume = {68},
	year = {2017},
	month = {Jan-06-2017},
	pages = {1 - 12},
	abstract = {Based on large-scale survey data from the 2006{\textendash}2012 waves of the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we show that individual portfolio decisions are influenced by a variety of stable traits and facets traditionally investigated in the field of personality psychology. Three personality traits have a significant negative correlation with financial risk taking, as measured by the holding and the amount of stock assets: Agreeableness, Cynical Hostility and Anxiety. For Cynical Hostility a belief-based mechanism seems to be at work, whereas the impact of all the other traits seems to pass through the preferences {\textendash} rather than the beliefs {\textendash} channel. Our findings shed new light on the determinants of individuals{\textquoteright} risk taking in the financial domain. {\textcopyright} 2017 Elsevier Inc.},
	keywords = {Economics, Investing, Personality, Portfolios},
	issn = {22148043},
	doi = {10.1016/j.socec.2017.03.001},
	author = {Alessandro Bucciol and Luca Zarri}
}
@article {5887,
	title = {Does Investors{\textquoteright} Personality Influence Their Portfolios?},
	year = {2015},
	institution = {Tilburg, Netherlands, Netspar},
	abstract = {Based on large-scale survey data from the 2006-2012 waves of the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS) we show that individual portfolio decisions are influenced by a variety of traits and facets traditionally investigated in the field of personality psychology. Two personality traits that taken together depict a self-centered personality profile have the most significant impact on financial risk taking: lower Agreeableness and higher Cynical Hostility predict higher willingness to take risks. The effects of Agreeableness seem to pass through the preferences   rather than the beliefs   channel. Our findings shed new light on the non-cognitive side of individuals  risk taking.},
	keywords = {Health Conditions and Status, Methodology, Net Worth and Assets, Risk Taking},
	author = {Alessandro Bucciol and Luca Zarri}
}
@article {8189,
	title = {The shadow of the past: Financial risk taking and negative life events},
	journal = {Journal of Economic Psychology},
	volume = {48},
	year = {2015},
	note = {Export Date: 29 May 2015},
	pages = {1-16},
	publisher = {48},
	abstract = {Based on data from the four 2004-2010 waves of the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we show that financial risk taking is significantly related to life-history negative events out of an individual{\textquoteright}s control. Using observed portfolio decisions to proxy for risk taking, we find correlation with two of such individual-specific events: having been victim of a physical attack and (especially) the loss of a child are associated with lower and less frequent investments in risky assets, with an intensity similar to that of the beginning, in 2008, of a collectively experienced event such as the recent financial crisis. We also find evidence that the correlation of risk taking with a child loss is long-lasting, as opposed to the correlation with a physical attack that disappears after few years. Our analysis is more in favor of a preference-based - rather than a belief-based - explanation of the observed change in risk taking. Overall our findings indicate that the past, especially through the loss of a child, casts a long shadow that extends over individuals{\textquoteright} current decisions also within unrelated domains.   2015 Elsevier B.V.},
	keywords = {Health Conditions and Status, Methodology, Net Worth and Assets, Risk Taking},
	doi = {10.1016/j.joep.2015.02.006},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84924229907andpartnerID=40andmd5=6152445130b56068d7f5620fd9709d48},
	author = {Alessandro Bucciol and Luca Zarri}
}
@article {8249,
	title = {Social Status and Personality Traits},
	journal = {Journal of Economic Psychology},
	volume = {51},
	year = {2015},
	note = {Times Cited: 0 0},
	pages = {245-260},
	publisher = {51},
	abstract = {We provide direct evidence on the relationship between social status and personality traits. Using survey data from the 2006-2012 waves of the US Health and Retirement Study, we show that self-perceived social status is associated with all the  Big Five  personality traits, after controlling for observable characteristics that arguably reflect one{\textquoteright}s actual status. We also construct an objective status measure that in turn is associated with personality traits. Objectively measured status is positively but not highly correlated with its subjective counterpart. When incorporated in a regression specification, it still leaves room for significant correlations between personality traits and status perception: traits such as openness, conscientiousness and extraversion predict a higher self-positioning on the social ladder, while agreeableness and neuroticism predict a lower one. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Demographics, Expectations, Health Conditions and Status, Income},
	doi = {10.1016/j.joep.2015.10.002},
	author = {Alessandro Bucciol and Cavasso, Barbara and Luca Zarri}
}
