Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76087 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 626
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We experimentally test overconfidence in investment decisions by offering participants the possibility to substitute their own for alternative investment choices. Overall, 149 subjects participated in two experiments, one with just one risky asset, the other with two risky assets. Overconfidence increases (i) with the absolute deviation from optimal choices, (ii) with task complexity, and (iii) decreases with uncertainty as indicated by the difference between willingness to pay and to accept.
Subjects: 
risky decision making
behavioral finance
portfolio choice
experimental economics
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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