Blind following in the boardroom: Evidence of overconfidence contagion in Chinese listed companies

Of many psychological biases, overconfidence has been described as one of the most powerful. Few studies have focused on collective overconfidence in team decision-making by boards of directors since boards are typically “black boxes”. Based on the shared cognition and trickle-down effect, we examin...

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Main Authors: Chao Liang, Bai Liu, Yin-Che Weng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-05-01
Series:Borsa Istanbul Review
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214845021000892