Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35424 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4170
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Many economic decisions involve a substantial amount of uncertainty, and therefore crucially depend on how individuals process probabilistic information. In this paper, we investigate the capability for probability judgment in a representative sample of the German population. Our results show that almost a third of the respondents exhibits systematically biased perceptions of probability. The findings also indicate that the observed biases are related to individual economic outcomes, which suggests potential policy relevance of our findings.
Subjects: 
Bounded rationality
probability judgment
gambler's fallacy
hot hand fallacy
representative design
long-term unemployment
financial decision making
JEL: 
C90
D00
D10
D80
D81
H00
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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