Gender and Overconfidence

Claes Bengtsson (), Mats Persson () and Peter Willenhag ()
Additional contact information
Claes Bengtsson: Department of Economics, Stockholm University, Postal: Department of Economics , Stockholm University , 106 91 Stockholm , Sweden
Mats Persson: Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Postal: Stockholm University, S-106 69 Stockholm, Sweden
Peter Willenhag: Department of Economics, Stockholm University, Postal: Department of Economics , Stockholm University , 106 91 Stockholm , Sweden

No 730, Seminar Papers from Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies

Abstract: Do males differ from females in terms of self-confidence? The structure of the Economics I exam at Stockholm University provides an opportunity to shed some light on this question. By answering an extra, optional question, the students can aim for a higher mark. We find a clear gender difference in that male students are more inclined than female students to take this opportunity. This difference in selfassessment is more pronounced among younger than among older students.

Keywords: Overconfidence; gender differences; exam behavior; exam results (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A20 J16 J20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe
Date: 2004-06-01
View list of references View citations in EconPapers

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.iies.su.se/publications/seminarpapers/730.pdf (application/pdf)
Our link check indicates that this URL is bad, the error code is: 404 Not Found

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hhs:iiessp:0730

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Seminar Papers from Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies
Address: Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Contact information at EDIRC.
Series data maintained by Pamela Campa ().