The dynamics of overconfidence: Evidence from stock market forecasters

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 402-412

  Deaves, Richard ^a,b   Lüders, Erik ^b,c   Schröder, Michael ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; Learning; Overconfidence; Panel data; Stock market

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955271382     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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