Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62758 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
SFB 373 Discussion Paper No. 2001,44
Publisher: 
Humboldt University of Berlin, Interdisciplinary Research Project 373: Quantification and Simulation of Economic Processes, Berlin
Abstract: 
In this paper individual overconfidence within the context of an experimental asset market is investigated. Overall, 72 participants traded one risky asset on six markets of 12 participants each. The results indicate that individuals were not generally overconfident. Moreover, overconfidence was found to be moderated by the methodology used. Participants were well-calibrated as well as over- and underconfident during some trading periods with respect to the accuracy of their predictions, while their subjective confidence intervals were generally too narrow and overconfidence was found to increase with experience.
Subjects: 
Experimental Economics
Financial Markets
Overconfidence
JEL: 
C90
D40
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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