Abstract
We conducted an experiment to compare how overconfidence is influenced by performance-based and fixed payment schemes. Participants in the experiment were students prior to taking a final exam in Introduction to Microeconomics. We find that most participants were overconfident regarding their success on the exam, overestimating the number of questions they would answer correctly. When a fixed pay scheme was used, men were more overconfident than women. Performance-based pay increased the overconfidence of women, and decreased the overconfidence of men. As a result, no gender difference in overconfidence was found when pay is based on performance.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 30-36 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Economics Bulletin |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
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