Two relevant areas in the behaviorist literature are prospect theory and overconfidence. Many tests are available to …, overplacement and overprecision as measures of overconfidence. Those tests are suitable to deal with single manifestations but often … and overconfidence. We conduct an experimental research with 126 students to validate the tests, revealing they are …

measure overconfidence , overconfidence will aggravate this distortion . …

This paper tests the alternative hypotheses of investment selection skills versus overconfidence of equity mutual funds … overconfidence when the market is in turmoil, suggesting an investment strategy of shifting from concentrated funds to more broadly …

markets. Consistent with Thaler and Johnson's (1990) house money effect and the overconfidence hypothesis proposed by Gervais …

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 …