Using expectations data to study subjective income expectations

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 439, 1997, Pages 855-867

  Dominitz, Jeff ^a   Manski, Charles F ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic expectations; Elicitation; Subjective probability; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744462517     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1997.10474041     Document Type: Article

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