Of many psychological biases, overconfidence has been described as one of the most powerful. Few studies have focused … on collective overconfidence in team decision-making by boards of directors since boards are typically "black boxes …'s overconfidence. The results suggest that managerial overconfidence spreads among the board members through a "voting mechanism". The …

constrained decreases with cognitive skills and increases with overconfidence thereon. Guided by this and other micro evidence, we … add persistent heterogeneity in cognitive skills and overconfidence to an otherwise standard HANK model. Overconfidence …

the gender wage gap, but there is little evidence on the role of non-cognitive traits, including overconfidence. This is … surprising given its prominence in academic and popular literature. We use a measure of overconfidence captured in adolescence to … explain the gender wage gap at age 42. Our results show that overconfidence explains approximately 5.5% of the unconditional …

the gender wage gap, but there is little evidence on the role of non-cognitive traits, including overconfidence. This is … surprising given its prominence in academic and popular literature. We use a measure of overconfidence captured in adolescence to … explain the gender wage gap at age 42. Our results show that overconfidence explains approximately 5.5% of the unconditional …