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Cookie akzeptierenAndreas Müller
Impact of Overoptimism and Overconfidence on Economic Behavior
- Diplom.de
- 2007
- Taschenbuch
- 80 Seiten
- ISBN 9783836606295
Inhaltsangabe: Introduction: Economic theory normally focuses on rational agents optimizing individual utility. Since the second half of the 20th century, this viewpoint has been enriched by findings from the field of psychology. A new trait of research was created called ?behavioral economics?. It takes into account subjective characteristics such as asymmetric preference and judgment, or limits of rational processing, willpower, and greed. This paper aims to give an overview of two related human traits that have attracted particularly wide interest, namely overconfidence and overoptimism. The two are closely related to each other, and often used synonymously. Broadly speaking, overconfidence results in underestimation of future risks, e.g.
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