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Calibration and incentives: evidence from contract bridge

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  • Michał Krawczyk

    (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences)

  • Maciej Wilamowski

    (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences)

Abstract

We elicit probability forecasts from amateur contract bridge players. At the end of the auction of each deal in a tournament, the players were asked to make a guess (unobservable to others) about the probability with which the contract will be made. We observe them to be overall poorly calibrated. We also find that incentivizing correct forecasts makes no difference.

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  • Michał Krawczyk & Maciej Wilamowski, 2022. "Calibration and incentives: evidence from contract bridge," Working Papers 2022-06, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw.
  • Handle: RePEc:war:wpaper:2022-06
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    Keywords

    overconfidence; forecast incentives; gender differences; bridge into professions;
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    JEL classification:

    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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