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| Title: | | Overconfidence Can Improve an Agent's Relative and Absolute Performance in Contests  |
| Authors: | | Ludwig, Sandra Wichardt, Philipp C. Wickhorst, Hanke |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: Principal Agent Problems G15-V1 |
| Abstract: | | This paper suggests a potential rationale for the recent empirical finding that overconfident agents tend to self-select into more competitive environments (e.g. Dohmen and Falk, 2006). In particular, it shows that moderate overconfidence in a contest can improve the agent's performance relative to an unbiased opponent and can even lead to an advantage of the overconfident agent in absolute terms. |
| Subjects: | | Overconfidence Contests |
| JEL: | | D21 D44 D82 |
| Document Type: | | Conference Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010 (Kiel): Ökonomie der Familie
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