The optimality of the expert and majority rules under exponentially distributed competence

Theory and Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-36

  Sapir, Luba ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decision rule; Expert rule; Logarithmic expertise; Majority rule; Optimal rule; Partial information

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345531175     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005094032398     Document Type: Article

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