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dc.titleResearch Insights: How Do Overconfidence and Other Behavioral Biases Affect Gun Ownership and Safety?
dc.contributor.authorCafferata, Fernando Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorDomínguez, Patricio
dc.contributor.authorScartascini, Carlos
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2024-06-17T00:06:00
dc.date.issue2024-06-17T00:06:00
dc.description.abstractThis is a correlation between overconfidence and high levels of gun acceptance and carrying. Attitudes towards firearms differ across cultures and regions. Personal behavioral biases like overconfidence can have significant implications for public safety and policy.
dc.format.extent4
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013031
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research-Insights-How-Do-Overconfidence-and-Other-Behavioral-Biases-Affect-Gun-Ownership-and-Safety.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Perspectivas-de-investigacion-como-el-sesgo-de-exceso-de-confianza-influye-en-la-propiedad-de-armas-de-fuego-y-la-seguridad-publica.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectOverconfidence Effect
dc.subjectUse of Guns
dc.subjectTrust
dc.subjectDebtor Finance
dc.subjectCitizen Safety
dc.subjectBehavioral Economics
dc.subjectKnowledge
dc.subjectStandard Deviation
dc.subjectRegulation
dc.subjectPolice Force
dc.subjectSocial Norm
dc.subject.jelcodeD91 - Intertemporal Household Choice • Life Cycle Models and Saving
dc.subject.jelcodeK40 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: General
dc.subject.jelcodeD72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
dc.subject.keywordsOverconfidence;gun violence
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00929
idb.operationRG-K1199
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