Changing one's mind when the facts change: Incentives of experts and the design of reporting protocols

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1175-1194

  Li, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCENTIVE; INFORMATION;

EID: 34548528187     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2007.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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