The affective costs of overconfidence

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-295

  Mcgraw, A Peter ^a,d   Mellers, Barbara A ^b,e   Ritov, Ilana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Debias; Emotions; Optimism; Overconfidence; Pleasure; Positive illusions

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044219853     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.472     Document Type: Article

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