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Government support, regional well‐being, and the pivots of UK SMEs during a crisis

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Pivoting—a substantive transformation of the established business model (e.g., reformulation of goods, services, processes, or organizational methods in a new or significantly improved manner)—has emerged as a crisis response strategy of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs).
Chau M. Chu, Bach Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

Managerial Overoptimism and Discretionary Disclosure

Journal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the effect of managerial overoptimism on discretionary disclosure of subjective information, such as earnings forecasts. The market applies a discount upon disclosure to capture the possibility that the revealed subjective expectation is too optimistic.
Nikolaj Niebuhr Lambertsen, Matthias Lassak   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nobody Knows Better: Examining the Link Between Overconfidence and Conspiracy Beliefs

Applied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 40, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT This research explored the relationship between overconfidence and conspiracy beliefs. In Study 1, cross‐sectional analyses demonstrated that both overconfidence in general knowledge and in climate change knowledge were positively associated with climate change conspiracy beliefs.
Haiyan Wang, Jan‐Willem van Prooijen
wiley   +1 more source

Overplacement and Market Entry Decisions: A Modified Market Entry Game to Detect Nascent Entrepreneurs' Goal‐Motivated Reasoning Amid Radical Uncertainties

Strategic Change, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 163-175, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Overplacement, a form of overconfidence characterized by the distorted belief that one is better than others, is considered a key driver of nascent entrepreneurship. The entrepreneurship literature typically associates entrepreneurial overplacement with negative outcomes and attributes it to erroneous information processing. The potential role
Zsófia Vörös, Olivér Béla Kovács, Papp Tamás   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Discouraging Effect of Overconfidence

Southern Economic Journal, Volume 92, Issue 3, Page 716-727, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Overconfidence is often viewed as encouraging entrepreneurs and CEOs to follow risky strategies such as entering new markets, engaging in innovation, or pursuing mergers and acquisitions. While such undertakings can generate excess returns and profits, overconfidence is frequently offered as an explanation for why so many business ventures ...
Cary Deck, Klajdi Bregu
wiley   +1 more source

State‐Dependent Relationship Between Cryptocurrency Returns and Credit Spreads

European Financial Management, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 261-287, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how overconfident cryptocurrency traders influence the connection between returns and risk premia, proxied by option‐adjusted credit spreads. Using daily data from January 2021 to February 2025, we uncover asymmetry and state dependence: returns decline when spreads widen, particularly during crashes, yet they do not ...
Geul Lee, Doojin Ryu
wiley   +1 more source

Construction and validation of an overconfidence scale in investment decisions

Future Business Journal
Existing studies that directly measure the three types of overconfidence—overprecision, overplacement, and overestimation—are largely exploratory, highlighting the need for further confirmatory research to establish robust overconfidence measures ...
Daniel Fonseca Costa, Cláudia Cardoso Soares, Bruno César de Melo Moreira, Adriano Olímpio Tonelli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Confidence and information usage: Evidence from soil testing in India 

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 107, Issue 5, Page 1406-1437, October 2025.
Abstract Informational barriers are often considered to be a major constraint to the adoption of improved farming practices, inputs, and technologies by smallholder farmers. In the Indian context, it is widely believed that farmers misapply chemical fertilizers because they lack scientific information on soil conditions and corresponding fertilizer ...
Jared Gars, Ram Fishman, Avinash Kishore, Yoav Rothler, Patrick S. Ward   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Monetary Incentives and Feedback on How Well Students Calibrate Their Academic Performance

European Journal of Education, Volume 60, Issue 3, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Students' accurate monitoring of their own performance is essential for achieving successful learning processes. In this work, we have aimed at analysing the role played by monetary incentives and by metacognitive feedback in improving students' miscalibration of their academic performance.
Gerardo Sabater‐Grande, Noemí Herranz‐Zarzoso, Aurora García‐Gallego   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source