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Johannesson, Magnus

Chaired Professor
Department of Economics

Research interests: Metascience, Experimental Economics, Genoeconomics

Selected publications:

Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams. Nature 2020

Evaluating the replicability of social science experiments in Nature and Science between 2010 and 2015. Nature Human Behaviour 2018

Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals. Nature Genetics 2018

Hormonal contraceptives do not impact economic preferences: evidence from a randomized trial. Management Science 2018

Redefine statistical significance. Nature Human Behaviour 2018

Does gender diversity promote nonconformity? Management Science 2017

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment. Nature 2016

Evaluating replicability of laboratory experiments in economics. Science 2016

Using prediction markets to estimate the reproducibility of scientific research. PNAS 2015

Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science 2015

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

Replicablity and robustness of GWAS for behavioral traits. Psychological Science 2014

Common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance identified using proxy-phenotype method. PNAS 2014

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

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

Molecular genetics and subjective well-being. PNAS 2013

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

Intuition and cooperation reconsidered. Nature 2013

The genetic architecture of economic and political preferences. PNAS 2012

Most reported genetic associations with general intelligence are probably false positives. Psychological Science 2012

The behavioral genetics of behavioral anomalies. Management Science 2012

Molecular genetics and economics. Journal of Economic Perspectives 2011

Genetic variation in financial decision making. Journal of Finance 2010

Genetic variation in preferences for giving and risk-taking. Quarterly Journal of Economics 2009

A randomized trial of the effect of estrogen and testosterone on economic behavior. PNAS 2009

Pride and prejudice: the human side of incentive theory. American Economic Review 2008

Heritability of cooperative behavior in the trust game. PNAS 2008

Heritability of ultimatum game responder behavior. PNAS 2007

Paying respect. Journal of Economic Perspectives 2007

Is altruism paternalistic? Economic Journal 2007

Promises, threats and fairness. Economic Journal 2004

Cost effectiveness of simvastatin treatment to lower cholesterol levels in patients with coronary heart disease. New England Journal of Medicine 1997