Beliefs about overconfidence

This experiment elicits beliefs about other people’s overconfidence and abilities. We find that most people believe that others are unbiased, and only few think that others are overconfident. There is a remarkable heterogeneity between these groups. Those people who think others are underconfident o...

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Volume:	70
Main Author:	Ludwig, Sandra Nafziger, Julia
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Boston Springer US 01.04.2011 SPRINGER Springer
published in:	Theory and decision Vol. 70; no. 4; pp. 475 - 500
ORCID:	0000-0003-3307-3073
Data of publication:	20110400
ISSN:	0040-5833 1573-7187
EISSN:	1573-7187
Discipline:	Philosophy Social Sciences (General) Economics Applied Sciences
Subjects:	Experimental economics D01 Beliefs Bias Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences Economics / Management Science Overconfidence Operations Research/Decision Theory Belief elicitation Economic Theory Methodology of the Social Sciences C91 Game Theory/Mathematical Methods D83 Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Mathematical Methods In Social Sciences Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods General aspects Operational research and scientific management Exact sciences and technology Applied sciences Operational research. Management science Decision theory. Utility theory Experimental economics Beliefs Bias CEO OVERCONFIDENCE GAMES RISK-AVERSION Overconfidence THINKING ILLUSION Belief elicitation EQUILIBRIUM FREQUENCY EXPECTATIONS CONFIDENCE TRUST Belief D01 Empirical method Microeconomy Emotion emotionality Heterogeneity Economy Unbiased estimation Confidence Experimental design Elicitation C91 D83
Online Access:	Fulltext
CODEN:	THDCBA
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2011 Web of Knowledge Web of Science Pascal-Francis CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS