Overconfidence and Excess Entry: An Experimental Approach
1999/03/01 by Colin Camerer, Colin F. Camerer, Dan Lovallo · 46 citations
Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies #Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
paper · doi:10.1257/aer.89.1.306
Abstract
Psychological studies show that most people are overconfident about their own relative abilities, and unreasonably optimistic about their futures (e.g. Shelly E. Taylor and J.D. Brown, 1988; Neil D. Weinstein, 1980). When assessing their position in a distribution of peers on almost any positive trait-- like driving ability (Ola Svenson, 1981 ), income prospects, or longevity-- a vast majority of people say they are above the average, although of course, only half can be (if the trait is symmetrically distributed). \nThis paper explores whether optimistic biases could plausibly and predictably influence economic behavior in one particular setting-- entry into competitive games or markets. Many empirical studies show that most new businesses fail within a few years. For example, using plant level data from the U.S. Census of Manufacturers spanning 1963-1982, Timothy Dunne et al. (1988) estimated that 61.5 percent of all entrants exited within five years and 79.6 percent exited within 10 years. Most of these exits are failures (see also Dunne et al., 1989a, 1989b; D. Shapiro and R.S. Khemani, 1987).
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