Proper scoring rules with arbitrary value functions

Journal of Mathematical Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1200-1210

  Fang, Fang ^a   Stinchcombe, Maxwell B ^b   Whinston, Andrew B ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UT Austin ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bauer simplexes; Choquet's theorem; Convex extensions of functions; Elicitation; Expert opinions; Proper scoring rules; Value functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649784995     PISSN: 03044068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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