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What’s inside the Mind of a CEO? The Effects of Discretionary Slack Resources on R&D Investment
Behavioral Sciences, 2023 This study investigates the effects of discretionary slack resources on a firm’s R&D investment. Specifically, we examine whether and how a CEO’s psychological traits play a role in the relationship between discretionary slack and R&D investment. Using a
Seunghye Lee +2 more
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No Evidence for a Trade-Off Between Competitive Traits and Ejaculate Quality in Humans
Evolutionary Psychology, 2020 Research in nonhuman animals (including insects, birds, and primates) suggests a trade-off in males between investment in competitive traits and investment in ejaculate quality. Previous research reported a negative association between perceived strength
Tara DeLecce +3 more
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Resource-dependent investment in male sexual traits in a viviparous fish
Behavioral Ecology, 2022 AbstractExaggerated and conspicuous sexually selected traits are often costly to produce and maintain. Costly traits are expected to show resource-dependent expression, since limited resources prevent animals from investing maximally in multiple traits simultaneously.
Erika Fernlund Isaksson +4 more
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Personality Traits and Stock Investment of Individuals [PDF]
Sustainability, 2019 Behavioral finance has been widely applied in the financial realm from psychological perspectives focusing on herding and disposition effects. However, little research is devoted to the influences of personality traits on the stock investment intentions of individuals.
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2014 Individual energetic limitations in variable environments lead to life-history trade-offs between investment in somatic growth and gonadal tissue, causing individuals to adopt specific behavioural tactics to attain reproduction.
Tomislav Vladic, Torbjörn Järvi
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Jurnal Manajemen Teori dan Terapan, 2021 Each investor has an investment plan to reach their investment objectives. Perceived investment performance was affected by a high level of the psychological aspect.
Ninditya Nareswari +2 more
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A model for female South African investors’ financial risk tolerance
Cogent Economics & Finance, 2020 Research relating to the influence of investor’s demographic factors and personality traits on financial risk tolerance receives increasing attention.
J. Lawrenson, Z. Dickason-Koekemoer
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The Animal Sexes as Historical Explanatory Kinds [PDF]
, 2020 Though biologists identify individuals as ‘male’ or ‘female’ across a broad range of animal species, the particular traits exhibited by males and females can vary tremendously.
Franklin-Hall, Laura
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Why is low waist-to-chest ratio attractive in males? The mediating roles of perceived dominance, fitness, and protection ability [PDF]
, 2014 Past research suggests that a lower waist-to-chest ratio (WCR) in men (i.e., narrower waist and broader chest) is viewed as attractive by women. However, little work has directly examined why low WCRs are preferred.
Anthony E. Coy +55 more
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Arranged Marriage, Partner Traits and Parental Investment
, 2021 Both sexes choose mates based on qualities that will enhance offspring viability and quality. In some cases individuals are forced to reproduce with less desirable mates which has been shown to result in lower quality offspring.
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