The sensitivity of subjective probability to time and elicitation method

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-216

  Loomes, Graham ^a   Mehta, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elicitation methods; Scope sensitivity; Subjective probability; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249679571     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-007-9012-y     Document Type: Article

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