Statistical treatment choice based on asymmetric minimax regret criteria

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-165

  Tetenov, Aleksey ^a  

^a Collegio Carlo Alberto ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypothesis testing; Loss aversion; Statistical decision theory; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

BERNOULLI; CHOICE PROBLEMS; FINITE SAMPLES; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTS; LOSS AVERSION; MINIMAX REGRET; MINIMAX REGRET CRITERION; POWER CALCULATION; SAMPLE SIZES; STATISTICAL DECISION; STATISTICAL DECISION THEORY; STATISTICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT EFFECTS; TYPE II; WELFARE LOSS;

COST ACCOUNTING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SAMPLING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 81155133978     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2011.06.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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