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depends on the size of the group, on the degree of overconfidence, and on the accuracy of individuals' private information …
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overconfidence on the firm's optimal wage-setting policies. In our model, wage contracts both provide incentives and affect worker …-differentiation wage policy to be profit-maximizing. In numerical examples, worker overconfidence is a necessary condition for the firm to … more worker overconfidence; finally, wage compression is more likely when aggregate productivity is low. …
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Psychological experiments demonstrate that people exhibit a taste for consistency. Individuals are inclined to interpret new evidence in ways that confirm their pre-existing beliefs. They also tend to change their beliefs to enhance the desirability of their past actions. I present a model that...
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