Managerial overconfidence :: different thinking through different education /

In literature, overconfidence has been blamed for economic bubbles and crises as well as for international conflicts and wars. While education has already been shown to impact one's level of overconfidence previous research focused on the length and profoundness of education. This study, in con...

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1. Verfasser: Margolin, Maximilian (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014.
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Zusammenfassung:In literature, overconfidence has been blamed for economic bubbles and crises as well as for international conflicts and wars. While education has already been shown to impact one's level of overconfidence previous research focused on the length and profoundness of education. This study, in contrast, examines the connection between overconfidence and the field in which a person has been educated. The issues covered are therefore how education and mind set are related, why a differentiation between "quantitative" and "qualitative" education makes sense in this context, and how different mind-se
Beschreibung:1 online resource (83 pages) : illustrations, tables
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783954896288
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