Competing to be certain (But Wrong): Market dynamics and excessive confidence in judgment

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-106

  Radzevick, Joseph R ^a   Moore, Don A ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advice; Competition; Judgment; Markets; Overconfidence

Indexed keywords

ADVICE; JUDGMENT; MARKET COMPETITION; MARKET DYNAMICS; MARKETS; OVERCONFIDENCE;

COMMERCE; SALES;

COMPETITION;

EID: 79551708057     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1255     Document Type: Article

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