Elicitation of subjective probabilities when the initial endowment is unobservable

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-20

  Jaffray, Jean Yves ^a,b   Karni, Edi ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elicitation; Subjective expected utility; Subjective probabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644452243     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007706009628     Document Type: Article

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