We study the role gender plays in emotional and cognitive overconfidence in a consumer-choice environment. Regardless of age, we find in our sample that males show more emotional and cognitive overconfidence than females do. However, older females are more overconfident in both emotional and cognitive terms. This result can be rationalized by the fact that older females have an edge on their immune system.
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Maia, G. , Bonfim, D. and Silva, S. D. (2020). Emotional-Cognitive Overconfidence and Gender. Open Access Library Journal, 7, e6116. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1106116.
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