Longshots, Overconfidence and Efficiency on the Iowa Electronic Market

The Market for Overconfidence

the evaluation and comparison of two esp textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine

abstract this study evaluated and compared medical terminology and english for the students of medicine (ii) as two representatives of the textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine. this research was performed on the basis of a teacher’s and a number of students’ attitudes and the students’ needs analysis for two reasons: first, to investigate...

Market Efficiency in the Financial Services Industry: Buyer Search Behaviour on an Electronic Commodity Market

Due to the immateriality of financial services and products they lend themselves handsomely for sale on the WWW. This may be one of the main reasons why the financial services industry has gained a cutting edge in the net with respect to other industries. Thus, at the beginning of the third millennium, the market for financial services is undergoing a fundamental shift since it is questionable ...

A Test for Overconfidence with Market Data

Overconfidence refers to the exaggerated beliefs that one might have about his own personal abilities. This phenomenon seems to be pervasive and it could help explaining several economic paradoxes. Still the profession has failed to produce conclusive evidence about overconfident behavior using market data. Most of the evidence that shows that people are overconfident comes from either psycholo...

the effect of the utilization of electronic dictionaries on depth and breadth of vocabulary knowledge: a case of iranian efl learners

مطالعه حاضر تلاشی است برای بررسی تأثیرات به کارگیری فرهنگ لغات ، یکی از مهمترین ابزارهای یادگیری واژگان درفراگیری زبان خارجی، بر روی دانش لغوی. دراین تحقیق فرهنگ های الکترونیکی در قیاس با فرهنگ های چاپی مورد بررسی قرارگرفته اند که آیا این فرهنگ ها تاثیرقابل توجهی بر روی دوبعد کمی و کیفی دانش لغوی یعنی عمق و گستره لغات می گذارند. همچنین مشخص گردیده است که آیا تفاوت قابل ملاحظه ای میان عمق و گستر...