Betting on own knowledge: Experimental test of overconfidence

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-49

  Blavatskyy, Pavlo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Experiment; Lottery; Overconfidence; Risk aversion; Underconfidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549108767     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-008-9048-7     Document Type: Article

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