Belief elicitation with a synchronized lottery choice menu that is invariant to risk attitudes

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 110-139

  Holt, Charles A ^a   Smith, Angela M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84958153747     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.20130274     Document Type: Article

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