A large body of literature finds that managerial overconfidence increases risk-taking by financial institutions. This … introduced after the financial crisis as a natural experiment, I find that overconfidence-induced risk-taking decreases in … financial institutions subject to stricter regulation. Following the easing of these regulations, overconfidence-induced risk …

are not. When governments maximize tax revenues, we show that overconfidence unambiguously reduces the bonus tax rate that … overconfidence is increased. …

We study the relationship between overconfidence and the political and financial behavior of a nationally … representative sample. To do so, we introduce a new method of eliciting overconfidence that is simple to understand, quick to … price forecasting errors, and more extreme political views. Additionally, we find that overconfidence is correlated with …

risk] and those that pay a fixed wage [low earnings risk], and (ii) the subsequent choice of how much effort to exert …

informed subjects are significantly more confident than the beliefs of subjects in the control condition. By generating …

different incentive schemes, and the subsequent choice of how much effort to exert within the job. An exogenous increase in …