Essays about: "Viking Waldén"

Found 2 essays containing the words Viking Waldén.

1. 1. Try your best or risk it all? An experimental study of competition, effort, and risk-taking

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Alice Hedda Nielsen; Viking Waldén; [2018]
   Keywords : Competition; Effort; Risk-taking; Framing; Experiment;

   Abstract : While competition is praised as a means to increase effort, it may also give rise to negative externalities or trade-offs from increased risk-taking. Examining these effects, this thesis studies whether competition affects risk-taking and effort. READ MORE

3. 2. Gender differences in over- and underconfidence - An experimental study

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Viking Waldén; Julia Wilhelmsson; [2016]
   Keywords : Overconfidence; Underconfidence; Overestimation; Overplacement; Gender differences;

   Abstract : In this paper we examine the connection between gender and confidence level, studying the estimation of one's own abilities as well as placement in respect to others. We test whether the previously studied overconfidence of males also corresponds to a higher, simultaneous degree of underconfidence, as estimation and placement are negatively correlated depending on task difficulty. READ MORE