Confirmation bias with motivated beliefs

DOI10.1016/J.GEB.2017.02.015zbMATH Open1393.91027OpenAlexW2598936518MaRDI QIDQ2013331FDOQ2013331

Authors: Gary Charness, Chetan Dave 

Publication date: 17 August 2017

Published in: Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2017.02.015

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zbMATH Keywords

experimentBayesian updatingconfirmation biasmotivated beliefs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Experimental studies (91A90)

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