Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92869 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Discussion Paper No. 814
Publisher: 
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka
Abstract: 
Recent studies report that productivity increases under tournament reward structures than under piece rate reward structures. We conduct maze-solving experiments under both reward structures and reveal that overconfidence is a significant factor in increasing productivity. Specifically, subjects exhibiting progressively higher degrees of overconfidence solve more mazes. This result shows a positive aspect of overconfidence, which usually has been examined in its negative aspect as an expectation bias.
Subjects: 
Expectation
Overconfidence
Reward structure
Productivity
Experiment
JEL: 
C9
D03
J33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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