Is there a "pessimistic" bias in individual beliefs? Evidence from a simple survey

Theory and Decision

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 345-362

  Ben Mansour, Selima ^a   Jouini, Elyès ^a   Napp, Clotilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Judged probability; Lottery; Pessimism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVESTMENTS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

LOTTERY; PESSIMISM;

SURVEYING;

EID: 33845338806     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-006-9014-2     Document Type: Article

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