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Zingales, L. (2015). Does finance benefit society? Journal of Finance, 70(4), 1327–1363. Appendices Economic Preferences and Personality Traits Among Finance Professionals and the General Population Martin Holmén†,∗ Felix Holzmeister‡ Michael Kirchler,† Matthias Stefan Erik Wengström,k † University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics, Centre for Finance ‡ University of Innsbruck, Department of Economics University of Innsbruck, Department of Banking and Finance Lund University, Department of Economics k Hanken School of Economics, Department of Finance and Economics ∗