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‘Choose to be optimistic, it feels better?’ Evidence of optimism on employment utility (2016)
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Hinks, T., Dawson, C., Hinks, T., & Veliziotis, M. (2017). ‘Choose to be optimistic, it feels better?’ Evidence of optimism on employment utility. Bulletin of Economic Research, 69(4), 428-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12107

© 2016 Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research and John Wiley & Sons Ltd Individual's expected wages exceed predicted market wages. Rational expectations imply the divergence should be zero. If individuals over-estimate the return fr... Read More about ‘Choose to be optimistic, it feels better?’ Evidence of optimism on employment utility.