The Satisficer’s Curse
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- Edward P. Lazear, 2004.
"The Peter Principle: A Theory of Decline,"
Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 112(S1), pages 141-163, February.
- Lazear, Edward, 2003. "The Peter Principle: A Theory of Decline," IZA Discussion Papers 759, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Eric Van den Steen, 2004. "Rational Overoptimism (and Other Biases)," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 94(4), pages 1141-1151, September.
- Goeree, Jacob K. & Offerman, Theo, 2003. "Winner's curse without overbidding," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 47(4), pages 625-644, August.
- Brown, Keith C, 1974. "A Note on the Apparent Bias of Net Revenue Estimates for Capital Investment Projects," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 29(4), pages 1215-1216, September.
- James E. Smith & Robert L. Winkler, 2006. "The Optimizer's Curse: Skepticism and Postdecision Surprise in Decision Analysis," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 52(3), pages 311-322, March.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Daniel Feiler & Jordan Tong, 2022. "From Noise to Bias: Overconfidence in New Product Forecasting," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 68(6), pages 4685-4702, June.
- Edward P. Lazear, 2016.
"Overconfidence and Occupational Choice,"
NBER Working Papers
21921, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Lazear, Edward P., 2016. "Overconfidence and Occupational Choice," Research Papers 3419, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
- Vilkkumaa, Eeva & Liesiö, Juuso & Salo, Ahti, 2014. "Optimal strategies for selecting project portfolios using uncertain value estimates," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 233(3), pages 772-783.
- David Dickinson & Marie Claire Villeval, 2007.
"The Peter Principle: An Experiment,"
Post-Print
halshs-00201225, HAL.
- David Dickinson & Marie-Claire Villeval, 2007. "The Peter Principle: An Experiment," Working Papers 0728, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
- David Dickinson & Marie Claire Villeval, 2007. "The Peter Principle: An Experiment," Post-Print halshs-00175434, HAL.
- Dickinson, David L. & Villeval, Marie Claire, 2007. "The Peter Principle: An Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers 3205, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- David L. Dickinson & Marie-Claire Villeval, 2007. "The Peter Principle: An Experiment," Working Papers 07-16, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University.
- David Dickinson & Marie Claire Villeval, 2007. "The Peter Principle: An Experiment," Post-Print halshs-00175426, HAL.
- David L. Dickinson & Marie Claire Villeval, 2012.
"Job Allocation Rules and Sorting Efficiency: Experimental Outcomes in a Peter Principle Environment,"
Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 78(3), pages 842-859, January.
- David Dickinson & Marie Claire Villeval, 2012. "Job Allocation Rules and Sorting Efficiency: Experimental Outcomes in a Peter Principle Environment," Post-Print halshs-00664665, HAL.
- Coelho, Marta & de Meza, David, 2012.
"Do bad risks know it? Experimental evidence on optimism and adverse selection,"
Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 114(2), pages 168-171.
- Coelho, Marta & de Meza, David, 2012. "Do bad risks know it? Experimental evidence on optimism and adverse selection," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 39074, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Sherif El-Halaby & Hosam Abdelrasheed & Khaled Hussainey, 2021. "Corporate Cash Holdings and National Culture: Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa Region," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-22, October.
- Thunström, Linda & Nordström, Jonas & Shogren, Jason F., 2015.
"Certainty and overconfidence in future preferences for food,"
Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 101-113.
- Linda Thunström & Jonas Nordström & Jason F. Shogren, 2015. "Certainty and Overconfidence in Future Preferences for Food," IFRO Working Paper 2015/04, University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics.
- Anja Schöttner & Veikko Thiele, 2010.
"Promotion Tournaments and Individual Performance Pay,"
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 19(3), pages 699-731, September.
- Anja Schöttner & Veikko Thiele, 2007. "Promotion Tournaments and Individual Performance Pay," SFB 649 Discussion Papers SFB649DP2007-045, Sonderforschungsbereich 649, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
- Jonas Hedlund & Carlos Oyarzun, 2018.
"Imitation in heterogeneous populations,"
Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 65(4), pages 937-973, June.
- Hedlund, Jonas & Oyarzun, Carlos, 2016. "Imitation in Heterogeneous Populations," Working Papers 0625, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics.
- V. Bhaskar & Caroline Thomas, 2019.
"The Culture of Overconfidence,"
American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association, vol. 1(1), pages 95-110, June.
- Bhaskar, Venkataraman & Thomas, Caroline, 2018. "The culture of overconfidence," CEPR Discussion Papers 12740, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Hoffman, Mitchell & Burks, Stephen V., 2017.
"Worker Overconfidence: Field Evidence and Implications for Employee Turnover and Returns from Training,"
IZA Discussion Papers
10794, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Mitchell Hoffman & Stephen V. Burks, 2017. "Worker Overconfidence: Field Evidence and Implications for Employee Turnover and Returns from Training," NBER Working Papers 23240, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Michael L. Anderson & Fangwen Lu, 2017. "Learning to Manage and Managing to Learn: The Effects of Student Leadership Service," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 63(10), pages 3246-3261, October.
- Adam, Marc T.P. & Astor, Philipp J. & Krämer, Jan, 2016. "Affective Images, Emotion Regulation and Bidding Behavior: An Experiment on the Influence of Competition and Community Emotions in Internet Auctions," Journal of Interactive Marketing, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 56-69.
- Matteo Migheli, 2017. "The winner’s curse in auctions with losses," Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, Springer;Fondazione Rosselli, vol. 16(1), pages 113-126, November.
- Keliang Wang & Leonardo Lozano & Carlos Cardonha & David Bergman, 2023. "Optimizing over an Ensemble of Trained Neural Networks," INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS, vol. 35(3), pages 652-674, May.
- Maximilian Blesch & Philipp Eisenhauer, 2021. "Robust decision-making under risk and ambiguity," Papers 2104.12573, arXiv.org, revised Oct 2021.
- Ben Mohamed, Ezzeddine & Garoui, Nassreddine & Naoui, Kamel, 2020. "Do optimistic managers destroy firm value?," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Elsevier, vol. 26(C).
- Millner, Antony & Ollivier, Hélène & Simon, Leo, 2014.
"Policy experimentation, political competition, and heterogeneous beliefs,"
Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 84-96.
- Antony Millner & Hélène Ollivier & Leo Simon, 2014. "Policy experimentation, political competition, and heterogeneous beliefs," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-01308618, HAL.
- Antony Millner & Hélène Ollivier & Leo Simon, 2014. "Policy experimentation, political competition, and heterogeneous beliefs," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-01308618, HAL.
- Antony Millner & Hélène Ollivier & Leo Simon, 2014. "Policy experimentation, political competition and heterogeneous beliefs," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-01022728, HAL.
- Millner, Antony & Ollivier, Hélène & Simon, Leo, 2014. "Policy experimentation, political competition, and heterogeneous beliefs," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 60133, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Antony Millner & Helene Ollivier & Leo Simon, 2014. "Policy experimentation, political competition, and heterogeneous beliefs," Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne 14050, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne.
- Antony Millner & Hélène Ollivier & Leo Simon, 2014. "Policy Experimentation, Political Competition, and Heterogeneous Beliefs," CESifo Working Paper Series 4839, CESifo.
- Antony Millner & Hélène Ollivier & Leo Simon, 2014. "Policy experimentation, political competition, and heterogeneous beliefs," Post-Print hal-01308618, HAL.
- Antony Millner & Hélène Ollivier & Leo Simon, 2014. "Policy experimentation, political competition and heterogeneous beliefs," Post-Print halshs-01022728, HAL.
- Alexandre Belloni & Mitchell J. Lovett & William Boulding & Richard Staelin, 2012. "Optimal Admission and Scholarship Decisions: Choosing Customized Marketing Offers to Attract a Desirable Mix of Customers," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 31(4), pages 621-636, July.
More about this item
Keywords
decision analysis; investment; probability; ex-post disappointment; winner's curse;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- C44 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Operations Research; Statistical Decision Theory
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIC-2013-11-02 (Microeconomics)
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:swe:wpaper:2013-28. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Hongyi Li (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/senswau.html .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.