Eliciting subjective probabilities with binary lotteries

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-140

  Harrison, Glenn W ^a   Martínez Correa, Jimmy ^b   Swarthout, J Todd ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary lottery procedure; Experimental economics; Risk neutrality; Subjective probability elicitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897832900     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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