Overconfidence in tournaments: evidence from the field

DOI10.1007/S11238-010-9200-0zbMATH Open1232.91109OpenAlexW2122540543MaRDI QIDQ989927FDOQ989927

Authors: Young Joon Park, Luís Santos-Pinto 

Publication date: 23 August 2010

Published in: Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_4B30BFDFE55D.P001/REF.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

rationalitytournamentsfield experiment

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental studies (91A90) Rationality and learning in game theory (91A26)

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