Overconfidence in forecasts of own performance: An experimental study

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 534, 2009, Pages 229-251

  Clark, Jeremy ^a   Friesen, Lana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 57749111725     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02211.x     Document Type: Article

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