Research Insights: How Do Overconfidence and Other Behavioral Biases Affect Gun Ownership and Safety?
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
Jun 2024
Subject
Overconfidence Effect;
Use of Guns;
Trust;
Debtor Finance;
Citizen Safety;
Behavioral Economics;
Knowledge;
Standard Deviation;
Regulation;
Police Force;
Social Norm
JEL code
D91 - Intertemporal Household Choice • Life Cycle Models and Saving;
K40 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: General;
D72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Category
Catalogs and Brochures
This 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.
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