Publications

2016

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment, A. Okbay, J.P. Beauchamp, M.A. Fontana, J.J. Lee, T.H. Pers, C.A. Rietveld, P. Turley,…, P.M. Visscher, T. Esko, P.D. Koellinger, D. Cesarini, D.J. Benjamin. Nature, 2016.

Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses, A. Okbay, B.M.L. Baselmans, J.-E. de Neve, P. Turley, M.G. Nivard, M.A. Fontana, S.F.W. Meddens, R.K. Linner, C.A. Rietveld,…, R.F. Krueger, J.P. Beauchamp, P.D. Koellinger, D.J. Benjamin, M. Bartels, D. Cesarini. Nature Genetics, 2016.

Sadder but wiser: The effects of affective states and weather on ambiguity attitudes, A. Baillon, P. Koellinger, T. Treffers. Journal of Economic Psychology, 53, 67-82, 2016.

2015

Joy leads to overconfidence – and a simple countermeasure, P. Koellinger, T. Treffers. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0143263, 2015.

Polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder predict creativity, R. A. Power, S. Steinberg, G. Bjornsdottir, C.A. Rietveld, A. Abdelloui, M.M. Nivard, M. Johannesson, T. Galesloot, J.J. Hottenga, G. Willemsen, D. Cesarini, D.J. Benjamin, P.K.E. Magnusson, F. Ullén, H. Tiemeier, A. Hofman, F.J. van Rooij, G.B. Walters, E. Sigurdsson, T.E. Thorgeirsson, A. Ingason, A. Helgason, A. Kong, L.A. Kiemeney, P. Koellinger, D.I. Boomsma, D. Gudbjartsson, H. Stefansson, K. Stefansson, Nature Neuroscience, 18, 953-955, 2015.

Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations, with the ROHgen consortium, Nature, 523, 459-462, 2015.
“Self-Employed but looking: A labor market experiment”, P. Koellinger, J. Mell, T. Michl, I. Pohl, C. Roessler, Economica, 82(325), 137-161, 2015. Also available as ERIM Report ERS-2012-022-ORG.

“Biological insights from 73 genetic loci associated with educational attainment”, A. Okbay, T. Esko, M. Fontana, P. Turley, J. Beauchamp, C. Rietveld, F. Meddens, P. Koellinger, D. Benjamin, D. Cesarini, Behavior Genetics, 45, 2015, Behavior Genetics Association 45th Annual Meeting Abstracts. doi: 10.1007/s10519-015-9742-6

“Testing the implicit GWAS assumption of similar SNP effects across cohorts using GREML“, R. de Vlaming, A. Okbay, P. Koellinger, C. Rietveld, D. Benjamin, D. Cesarini, P. Groenen, R. Thurik, Behavior Genetics, 45, 2015, Behavior Genetics Association 45th Annual Meeting Abstracts. doi: 10.1007/s10519-015-9742-6

“Pleiotropy with educational attainment: results based on a GWAS with 300,000 Individuals“, J. Beauchamp, P. Turley, M. Fontana, A. Okbay, J. Lee, C. Rietveld, R. De Vlaming, P. Visscher, T. Esko, P. Koellinger, D. Cesarini, D. Benjamin, Behavior Genetics, 45, 2015, Behavior Genetics Association 45th Annual Meeting Abstracts. doi: 10.1007/s10519-015-9742-6

“Genome-wide association meta-analyses for happiness, satisfaction with life and wellbeing; the sequel“, M. Bartels, A. Okbay, J. Derringer, B. Baselmans, J.E. De Neve, C. Rietveld, D. Cesarini, B. Krueger, D. Benjamin, P. Koellinger, Behavior Genetics, 45, 2015, Behavior Genetics Association 45th Annual Meeting Abstracts. doi: 10.1007/s10519-015-9742-6

2014

Proxy-phenotype approach identifies common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance, with CHIC and the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(38), 13790–13794, 2014.

Replicability and robustness of GWAS for behavioral traits, with The Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, Psychological Science, 25(11), 1975-1986, 2014.

Genetic variation associated with differential educational attainment in adults has anticipated associations with school performance in children, Mary E. Ward, George McMahon, Beate St Pourcain, David M. Evans, Cornelius A. Rietveld, Daniel J. Benjamin, Philipp D. Koellinger, David Cesarini, The Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, George Davey Smith, Nicholas J. Timpson, PLoS ONE 9(7): e100248, 2014.

“Replicability and robustness of GWAS for behavioral traits“, C. Rietveld, D. Conley, N. Eriksson, T. Esko, S. Medland, A. Vinkhuyzen, P. Visscher, D. Cesarini, D. Benjamin, P. Koellinger, Behavior Genetics, 44, 680, 2014, Behavior Genetics Association 44th Annual Meeting Abstracts.

“Educational attainment is influenced by genetic variation in synaptic and glial functioning“, T. Polderman, A. Hammerschlag, C. De Leeuw, M. Verheijen, G. Smit, R. Toonen, M. Verhage, P. Koellinger, D. Posthuma, Behavior Genetics, 44, 678, 4 2014, Behavior Genetics Association 44th Annual Meeting Abstracts.

2013

Distinct loci in the CHRNA5/CHRNA3/CHRNB4 gene cluster are associated with onset of regular smoking, Genetic Epidemiology, 37(8), 846-859, 2013.

“Measures of bioactive serum testosterone are not associated with entrepreneurial behavior in two independent observational studies”: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.06.003, M. van der Loos, R. Haring, C. Rietveld, S. Baumeister, P. Groenen, A. Hofman, F. de Jong, P. Koellinger, T. Kohlmann, M. Nauck, F. Rivadeneira, F. van Rooij, A. Uitterlinden, H. Wallaschofski, R. Thurik, Physiology and Behavior, 119, 110-114, 2013.

GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment, with The Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, Science, 340(6139), 1467-1471, 2013.

“Molecular genetics and subjective well-being”:http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/51566/, N. Rietveld, D. Cesarini, D. Benjamin, P. Koellinger, J.E. de Neve, H. Tiemeier, M. Johannesson, P. Johannesson, N. Pedersen, R. Krueger, M. Bartels, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(33), 13684-13689, 2013.

The molecular genetic architecture of self-employment, M.J.H.M. van der Loos, C.A. Rietveld, N. Eklund, P.D. Koellinger, F. Rivadeneira, and the Gentrepreneur Consortium. PLoS ONE 8(4): e60542, 2013.

Gender differences in entrepreneurial propensity, P. Koellinger, M. Minniti, C. Schade, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 75(2), 213-234, 2013.

“The heritability of moral standards for everyday dishonesty“:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2013.05.001, N. Mazar, C. Dawes, P. J. Loewen, D. Cesarini, P. Koellinger, M. Johannesson, P. K. E. Magnusson, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 93, 363-366, 2013.

“Are SNPs associated with educational attainment also associated with cognitive function?“, C. Rietveld, P. Koellinger, D. Benjamin, D. Cesarini, G. DaveySmith, G. Davies, I. Deary, M. Johannesson, R. Plomin, D. Posthuma, P. Visscher, Behavior Genetics, 43, 538, 2013, Behavior Genetics Association 43th Annual Meeting Abstracts.

“GWA studies on entrepreneurship: The trade-off between phenotype accuracy and sample size“, P. Koellinger, M. van der Loos, C. Rietveld, D. Benjamin, D. Cesarini, N. Eklund, S. Willems, P. Groenen, A. Uitterlinden, A. Hofman, R. Thurik, Gentrepreneur Consortium, Behavior Genetics, 43, 526, 2013, Behavior Genetics Association 43th Annual Meeting Abstracts.

“Genome-wide association meta-analyses for positive affect”, M. Bartels, A. Okbay, J. Derringer, J.E. De Neve, C. Rietveld, C. Minica, R. Walters, B. Krueger, D. Cesarini, P. Koellinger, D. Benjamin, Behavior Genetics, 43, 507, 2013, Behavior Genetics Association 43th Annual Meeting Abstracts.

2012

The genetic architecture of economic and political preferences, D. Benjamin, D. Cesarini, M. van der Loos, C. Dawes, P. Koellinger, P. Magnusson, C. Chabris, D. Conley, D. Laibson, M. Johannesson, P. Visscher, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(21), 8026-8031, 2012.

Entrepreneurship and organization design, C. Roessler and P. Koellinger, European Economic Review, 56(4) 888-902, 2012. Winner of Young Economist Essay Award 2009 of EARIE.

Entrepreneurship and the business cycle, P. Koellinger, R. Thurik, Review of Economics and Statistics, 94(4), 1143-1156, 2012.

“Meta-analysis of educational attainment GWAS: The Social Science Genetics Association Consortium”, N. Rietveld, S. Medland, J. Derringer, D. Benjamin, D. Cesarini, P. Koellinger, The Social Science Genetics Association Consortium, Behavior Genetics, 42, 964, 2012, Behavior Genetics Association 42nd Annual Meeting Abstracts.

“The genetic architecture of economic and political preferences”, D. Benjamin, D. Cesarini, M. van der Loos, C. Dawes, P. Koellinger, P. Magnusson, C. Chabris, D. Conley, D. Laibson, M. Johannesson, P. Visscher, Behavior Genetics, 42, 919-920, 2012, Behavior Genetics Association 42nd Annual Meeting Abstracts.

2011

Molecular genetics and economics, J. Beauchamp, D. Cesarini, M. Johannesson, M. van der Loos, P. Koellinger, P. Groenen, J. Fowler, N. Rosenquist, R. Thurik, N. Christakis, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 25(4), 57-82, 2011.

Protecting against low probability disasters – The role of worry, C. Schade, H. Kunreuter, P. Koellinger, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 2011.

Candidate gene studies and the quest for the entrepreneurial gene, M. van der Loos, P. Koellinger, P. Groenen, C. Rietveld, F. Rivadeneira, F. van Rooi, A. Uitterlinden, A. Hofman, R. Thurik, Small Business Economics, 37(3), 269-275, 2011.

2010

Genome-wide assocation studies in economic and entrepreneurship research: promises and limitations, P. Koellinger, M. van der Loos, P. Groenen, R. Thurik, F. Rivandeneira, F. van Rooij, A. Uitterlinden, A. Hofman, Small Business Economics, 35(1), 1-18, 2010.

Genome-wide association studies and the genetics of entrepreneurship, M. van der Loos, P. Koellinger, P. Groenen, R. Thurik, European Journal of Epidemiology, 25(1), 1-3, 2010.

2009

“Ondernemerschap en de recessie”, R. Thurik, P. Koellinger, Economisch Statistische Berichten Vol. 94(4557), 202-204, 3rd Apr 2009.

Unemployment benefits crowd out entrepreneurial activity, P. Koellinger, M. Minniti, Economics Letters, Vol. 103(2), 96-98, 2009.

I can’t get no satisfaction – Necessity entrepreneurship and procedural utility, J. Block, P. Koellinger, Kyklos, Vol. 62(2), 191-209, 2009.

2008

The relationship between technology, innovation, and firm performance—Empirical evidence from e-business in Europe, P. Koellinger, Research Policy, Vol. 37, 1317-1328, 2008.

Why are some entrepreneurs more innovative than others?, P. Koellinger, Small Business Economics, Vol. 31: 21-37, June 2008.

2007

“I think I can, I think I can – Overconfidence and entrepreneurial behavior”: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2006.11.002, P. Koellinger, M. Minniti, C. Schade, Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 28(4): 502-527, 2007.

Peer influence in network markets – An empirical investigation, J. Block, P. Koellinger, Schmalenbachs Business Review, Vol. 59: 363-385, Oct 2007.

2006

Not for lack of trying – American entrepreneurship in black and white, P. Koellinger, M. Minniti, Small Business Economics, Vol. 27: 59-79, 2006.