Optimism Bias during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from Romania and Italy

Given the importance of perceived susceptibility to a disease in adopting preventive behaviors, and the negative impact of optimism bias on prevention, this paper aimed to explore to what extent comparative optimism bias (understood as the tendency to assess a lower probability for oneself to experi...

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Main Authors: Elena Druică, Fabio Musso, Rodica Ianole-Călin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Games
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/11/3/39