Gender and overconfidence: Are girls really overconfident?

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-327

  Dahlbom, L ^a   Jakobsson, A ^b   Jakobsson, N ^c,d   Kotsadam, A ^c,d  

^a Center for Traumatic Stress (CTS)   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER DISPARITY; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 79952468998     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851003670668     Document Type: Article

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