Overconfidence by Bayesian-rational agents

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 884-896

  Van Den Steen, Eric ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian updating; Decision analysis; Differing priors; Heterogeneous priors; Overconfidence; Risk

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN UPDATING; DECISION ANALYSIS; DIFFERING PRIORS; HETEROGENEOUS PRIORS; OVERCONFIDENCE;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 79956104518     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1323     Document Type: Article

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