Are the unskilled really that unaware? An alternative explanation

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 724-738

  Krajc, Marian ^a   Ortmann, Andreas ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Calibration; Judgement errors; Metacognition; Unaware; Unskilled

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849117786     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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