Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine if there exists a gender difference in overconfidence within an … worthwhile to know if such a gender difference in overconfidence also exists within the auditor population. Such a gender … psychological literature, calibration tests were used to measure the degree of overconfidence of male and female auditors. Findings …

, overconfidence, excessive optimism (pessimism), herd behavior and the disposition effect. It further investigates the role of … a specific set of investor characteristics and overconfidence comes out to be the most important bias in the Indian …

decision-making process. Male investors are more prone to overconfidence and herding bias in India. Research limitations …

compromise between “fast” and “slow” thinking, “overconfidence” is used as a weighting parameter. A case study including a sample … in TSE or other financial markets. Originality/value This is the first study that includes overconfidence in modeling …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure overconfidence amongst finance professionals in domain relevant … warnings reduced better‐than‐average‐type of overconfidence. There was a further strong effect from attending lectures on … probability assessments. Research limitations/implications – Different types of overconfidence are distinct and respond …

with the behavioural theories on investors' overconfidence and undue self‐attribution. Practical implications – The paper …