We investigate the theoretically proposed link between judgmental overconfidence and trading activity. In addition to … the relevant bias in the theoretical overconfidence literature. We relate the obtained overconfidence measures to trading …

We investigate whether overconfidence is affected by superstitious beliefs and whether the effect is heterogeneous … overconfidence is positively affected by being assigned to a lucky number. Interestingly, males and females react differently …: females’ overconfidence tends to be negatively affected when assigned to unlucky numbers, while they are not affected by being …

overconfidence and overentry into competition. In a broader context, the results provide an explanation for the overconfidence of …

overconfidence, are discussed. We argue that our findings can be transferred to behavior after success or failure in business …

overpricing caused by investor overconfidence and should be negatively related to expected aggregate returns. This paper develops …

overconfidence but due to the asymmetric information structure of the market. …

This paper analyzes the impact of overconfidence on the timing of entry in markets, profits, and welfare. To do that … overconfident player provided that cost asymmetries are small. Finally, we show that overconfidence reduces welfare, except when …

evidence on overconfidence and its determinants, trying to find out the possible effect of past performance on present optimism … grades. My analysis allows showing the existence of overconfidence, its reduction in two following tests, and its non linear … overconfidence. This idea is connected to the literature on heuristics and rule based perception. …