Overconfidence and excess entry: An experimental approach

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 306-318

  Camerer, Colin ^a   Lovallo, Dan ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001372829     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.1.306     Document Type: Article

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