Arbeitspapier

Effects of Feedback on Self-Assessment

It is a well-known phenomenon that people tend to overestimate their relative abilities. Psychological studies show that a vast majority of people thinks that their ability is above the average when they have to assess their position in a distribution of a target group. We analyse in an experiment whether this is still true when people receive feedback on their relative abilities. Our main finding is that feedback influences agent?s decisions and improves overall self-assessment.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Bonn Econ Discussion Papers ; No. 39/2005

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: General
Thema
Overconfidence
Feedback
Experimental Economics

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Eberlein, Marion
Ludwig, Sandra
Nafziger, Julia
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2005

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Eberlein, Marion
  • Ludwig, Sandra
  • Nafziger, Julia
  • University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)

Entstanden

  • 2005

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