A model of overconfidence

Pacific Economic Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 502-515

  Weinberg, Bruce A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77249117184     PISSN: 1361374X     EISSN: 14680106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2009.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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