<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Anchoring and overconfidence are some of the best-known biases in psychology and behavioral finance literature. While a number of studies have investigated the evidence of these biases and explored the motives and human factors that contribute to the one’s susceptibility to the effects, little is known about the cultural factors behind these heuristic biases. This paper aims to fill the research gap and shows the differences in proneness to the anchoring effect and overconfidence in two samples of students from Poland and India. The purpose of the study is twofold: to analyze susceptibility to behavioral effects relative to cultural background; and to consider the subjects’ cognitive abilities as a potential factor in their exposure to behavioral biases and confirm that subjects with higher cognitive skills, measured by the cognitive reflection test (CRT) display less susceptibility to the above heuristic biases.</p></abstract>

Anchoring and overconfidence are some of the best-known biases in psychology and behavioral finance literature. While a number of studies have investigated the evidence of these biases and explored the motives and human factors that contribute to the one’s susceptibility to the effects, little is known about the cultural factors behind these heuristic biases. This paper aims to fill the research gap and shows the differences in proneness to the anchoring effect and overconfidence in two samples of students from Poland and India. The purpose of the study is twofold: to analyze susceptibility to behavioral effects relative to cultural background; and to consider the subjects’ cognitive abilities as a potential factor in their exposure to behavioral biases and confirm that subjects with higher cognitive skills, measured by the cognitive reflection test (CRT) display less susceptibility to the above heuristic biases.

Anchoring and Overconfidence: The Influence of Culture and Cognitive Abilities

International Journal of Management and Economics

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Anchoring and overconfidence are some of the best-known biases in psychology and behavioral finance literature. While a number of studies have investigated the...

Anchoring and Overconfidence: The Influence of Culture and Cognitive Abilities

Published Online: Sep 29, 2017

Page range: 48 - 66

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijme-2017-0018

Keywords
anchoring, overconfidence, culture, cognitive reflection test

© 2017 Monika Czerwonka, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Anchoring and Overconfidence: The Influence of Culture and Cognitive Abilities

Published Online: Sep 29, 2017

Page range: 48 - 66

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijme-2017-0018

Keywordsanchoring, overconfidence, culture, cognitive reflection test

© 2017 Monika Czerwonka, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
anchoring, overconfidence, culture, cognitive reflection test