Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/49375 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1729
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the relationship between market overconfidence and occurrence of stock-price bubbles. Sixty participants traded stocks in ten experimental asset markets. Markets were constructed on the basis of subjects' overconfidence, measured in pre-experimental sessions. The most overconfident subjects form 'overconfident markets', and the least overconfident subjects 'rational markets'. Prices in rational markets tend to track the fundamental asset value more accurately than prices in overconfident markets and are significantly lower and less volatile. Additionally we observe significantly higher bubble measures and trading volume on overconfident markets. Altogether, our data provide evidence that overconfidence has strong effects on prices and trading behavior in experimental asset markets.
Subjects: 
Overconfidence
price bubbles
experimental asset market
JEL: 
C92
G12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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