Overconfidence in absolute and relative performance: The regression hypothesis and Bayesian updating

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 756-771

  Grieco, Daniela ^a   Hogarth, Robin M ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

Author keywords

"Better than average" effects; Estimation; Overconfidence; Placement

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949094188     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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