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Managerial Optimism

Managerial Optimism is a psychological bias characterized by the systematic tendency of corporate managers to overestimate the potential success of projects, future earnings, or organizational prospects due to excessively favorable beliefs about outcomes, distinguishing it from rational forecasting within the domain of behavioral corporate finance.

174

Publications

12.6K

Citations

356

Authors

240

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

36

Variants

Managerial Overoptimism

Parents

Publications

174

Managerial Optimism and Corporate Finance

J.B. Heaton · Financial Management · 2002 · 1.1K citations

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The effect of manager-specific optimism on the tone of earnings conference calls

Angela K. Davis, Weili Ge, Dawn A. Matsumoto et al. · Review of Accounting Studies · 2014 · 605 citations

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Delusions of success. How optimism undermines executives' decisions.

Dan Lovallo, Daniel Kahneman · PubMed · 2003 · 586 citations

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<scp>CEO</scp> Overconfidence and Management Forecasting

Paul Hribar, Holly Yang · Contemporary Accounting Research · 2015 · 547 citations

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The role of mindfulness and psychological capital on the well-being of leaders.

Maree Roche, Jarrod Haar, Fred Luthans · Journal of Occupational Health Psychology · 2014 · 393 citations

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Authors

356

  1. EB
    Ezzeddine Ben Mohamed

    University of Sfax, Tunisia

    5 publications · 126 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. ED
    Elizabeth Demers

    University of Waterloo, Canada

    4 publications · 353 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. CV
    Clara Vega

    Federal Reserve Board of Governors, United States

    4 publications · 353 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. SH
    Shing‐yang Hu

    National Taiwan University, Taiwan

    3 publications · 283 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. YL
    Yueh-hsiang Lin

    Takming University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

    3 publications · 283 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

240

  1. University of Sfax

    Sfax, Tunisia

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    370 citations

  2. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    297 citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    414 citations

  5. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    202 citations

  6. Federal Reserve Board of Governors

    Washington D.C., United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    261 citations

  7. National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

    Hsinchu, Taiwan

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    2K citations

  8. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    127 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 29 publications · 1.5K citations

    19

    h-index

  2. The Accounting Review

    9 publications · 697 citations

    8

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  4. Contemporary Accounting Research

    CAR · 4 publications · 619 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. Journal of Business Finance &amp Accounting

    3 publications · 79 citations

    3

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