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Are Entrepreneurs more Optimistic and Overconfident than Managers and Employees?

Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; van Praag, Mirjam - 2015

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 … than successful managers. We conclude that optimism and overconfidence are indeed characteristics of entrepreneurs, but …

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Deception and Self-Deception

Schwardman, Peter; van der Weele, Joël - 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 …

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Self-Confidence and Strategic Deterrence

Charness, Gary; Rustichini, Aldo; van de Ven, Jeroen - 2011

We examine factors that may contribute to 'overconfidence' in relative ability on an intelligence test. We test … an equilibrium strategy, providing a rationale for strategic overconfidence. …

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A Simple Model of Self-Assessments

Martinez, Silvia Dominguez; Swank, Otto H. - 2006

We develop a simple model that describes individuals’ self-assessments oftheir abilities. We assume that individuals learn about their abilities from appraisalsof others and experience. Our model predicts that if communicationis imperfect, then (i) appraisals of others tend to be too positive,...

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Sharing Information through Delegation and Collaboration

Swank, Otto H.; Visser, Bauke - 2004

This article analyzes under which conditions a manager can motivate a junior worker by verbal communication, and explains why communication is often tied up with organizational choices as job enlargement and collaboration. Our model has two important features. First, the manager has more...

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Grade Expectations: Rationality and Overconfidence

Magnus, Jan R.; Peresetsky, Anatoly A. - 2017

Overconfidence seems to be an essential aspect of human nature, and one way to study overconfidence is to consider … achievements; what remains can be interpreted as (over)confidence. In this paper we study overconfidence using a sample of about … students are overconfident, which is in agreement with what most people find. Less obvious findings are that overconfidence is …

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Gender and Redistribution: Experimental Evidence

Buser, Thomas; Putterman, Louis; van der Weele, Joël - 2016

Gender differences in voting patterns and political attitudes towards redistribution are well-documented. The experimental gender literature suggests several plausible behavioral explanations behind these differences, relating to gender differences in confidence concerning future relative income...

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