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Are entrepreneurs more optimistic and overconfident than managers and employees?
Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2015
others. However, the same holds true for top managers. In this lab-in-the-field experiment we directly compare the scores of … entrepreneurs, managers and employees on a comprehensive set of measures of optimism and overconfidence (n = 2,058). The results … when bad events occur. For incentivized measures of overconfidence we find no difference between entrepreneurs and managers …
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Deception and self-deception
Schwardman, Peter; Weele, Joël J. van der - 2016
We experimentally investigate the determinants of overconfidence and test the hypothesis, advanced by Robert Trivers, that overconfidence serves to more effectively persuade or deceive others. After performing a cognitively challenging task, half of our subjects are informed about the...
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Self-confidence and strategic deterrence
Charness, Gary; Rustichini, Aldo; Ven, Jeroen van de - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191082
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Management science, economics and finance : a connection
Chang, Chia-Lin; McAleer, Michael; Wong, Wing Keung - 2016
This paper provides a brief review of the connecting literature in management science, economics and finance, and discusses some research that is related to the three disciplines. Academics could develop theoretical models and subsequent econometric models to estimate the parameters in the...
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Attention and the art of scientific publishing
Klamer, Arjo; Dalen, Hendrik P. van - 2001
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Collaboration in bipartite networks, with an application to coauthorship networks
Hsieh, Chih-Sheng; König, Michael D.; Liu, Xiaodong; … - 2020
This paper studies the impact of collaboration on research output. First, we build a micro-founded model for scientific knowledge production, where collaboration between researchers is represented by a bipartite network. The equilibrium of the game incorporates both the complementarity effect...
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Views on managerial effectiveness
Vinkenburg, Claartje J. - 1994
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Gift exchange in the workplace : money or attention?
Dur, Robert A. J. - 2008
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Managerial talent, motivation, and self-selection into public management
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2008
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Managerial talent, motivation, and self-selection into public management
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2008
brightest managers to the public sector abound. This paper studies self-selection into managerial and non-managerial positions … return to managerial ability is always highest in the private sector. As a result, relatively many of the more able managers …
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