relatively. We test three different theories about observed relative overconfidence. The first theory notes that simple … asymmetry produces overconfidence (Kőszegi, 2006; Weinberg, 2006). We test an important specific prediction of these models … might make this belief worse. Our data also reject this prediction. The third theory is that overconfidence is induced by …

Overconfidence is a well-established bias in which someone's subjective confidence in their own judgments is … dramatic consequences. To test whether the overconfidence bias affects the decision of backcountry skiers to go on a ski trip … respondent. We show that 1) overconfidence is widespread even in our sample and 2) practitioners who are more prone to …

underrepresentation of women, namely, gender differences in overconfidence concerning past performance, in the willingness to exaggerate … past performance to the group, and in the reaction to monetary incentives. We find that men’s overconfidence is the driving …

information leads people to choose tasks that raise expected output, however extreme overconfidence leads people to undertake … tasks that are excessively challenging. Consistent with our results, psychologists have found that moderate overconfidence …

additional individual characteristics such as subjects’ risk attitudes, measures of selfassessment and overconfidence, social … overconfidence affect worker self-selection, in particular into tournaments. Fourth, risk averse workers prefer fixed payments and …