predicted effects of overconfidence. These studies assume, however, that a specific type of overconfidence, i.e., miscalibration …-established miscalibration bias. We find no gender differences in overconfidence for our measures except for one, where women are more … overconfidence and linked to the judgment literature in psychology. Empirical tests of the models often fail to find evidence for the …

structures. We conduct maze-solving experiments under both reward structures and reveal that overconfidence is a significant … factor in increasing productivity. Specifically, subjects exhibiting progressively higher degrees of overconfidence solve … more mazes. This result shows a positive aspect of overconfidence, which usually has been examined in its negative aspect …