A finite mixture analysis of beauty-contest data using generalized beta distributions

Experimental Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-475

  Bosch Domènech, Antoni ^a   Montalvo, José G ^a   Nagel, Rosemarie ^a   Satorra, Albert ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beauty contest experiments; Beta distribution; Decision theory; EM algorithm; Finite mixture distribution; Reasoning hierarchy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049435064     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-010-9251-7     Document Type: Article

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