Measuring revisions to subjective expectations

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-82

  Delavande, Adeline ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Prior posterior distribution; Subjective expectations; Updating

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349117121     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-007-9030-9     Document Type: Article

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