about how such beliefs about one's own abilities causally influence choices is, however, sparse. In this paper, we use a …

Confidence is often seen as the key to success. Empirical evidence about how such beliefs about one's abilities …

Confidence is often seen as the key to success. Empirical evidence about how such beliefs about one's abilities …

Confidence is often seen as the key to success. Empirical evidence about whether such beliefs causally map into actions … shift beliefs, we find that beliefs can be shifted, which in turn shifts decisions. In our setting, the beliefs of low … and women react similarly to the treatment. However, men hold higher baseline beliefs, implying that women make better …

individuals’ beliefs is accounted for. Third, social information and payoffs do not interact with each other. …

uninsured subjects are underconfident while those that obtain insurance have well-calibrated beliefs. Our results suggest that …

I investigate whether two mechanisms leading to biased beliefs about success, overconfidence and competition neglect …