Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 22, Problem 2CRCT
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To determine: The manner in which over confidence affect the
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Overconfidence:
Overconfidence is one’s belief about his or her own abilities that are actually better than what they really are. All human beings are overconfident about their self abilities at least in some areas. Overconfidence is associated with self attribution bias, the results in people to attribute success to their own skill, while poor results are attributed to bad luck.
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