Overconfidence and Timing of Entry

We analyze the impact of overconfidence on the timing of entry in markets, profits, and welfare using an extension of the quantity commitment game. Players have private information about costs, one player is overconfident, and the other one rational. We find that for slight levels of overconfidence...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luis Santos-Pinto, Tiago Pires
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Games
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/11/4/44