Simultaneous over- and underconfidence: Evidence from experimental asset markets

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-85

  Kirchler, Erich ^a   Maciejovsky, Boris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; Decision making; Experimental economics; Investment decisions; Overconfidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141514044     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016319430881     Document Type: Article

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