Eliciting subjective probability distributions with binary lotteries

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2015
Volume: 127
Issue: C
Pages: 68-71

Authors (4)

Harrison, Glenn W. (Georgia State University) Martínez-Correa, Jimmy (not in RePEc) Swarthout, J. Todd (not in RePEc) Ulm, Eric R. (Victoria University of Welling...)

Score contribution per author:

0.251 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We test in a laboratory experiment the theoretical prediction that risk attitudes have a surprisingly small role in distorting reports from true belief distributions. We find evidence consistent with theory in our experiment.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:127:y:2015:i:c:p:68-71
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-25