Do decision makers have subjective probabilities? An experimental test
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- David Ronayne & Roberto Veneziani & William R. Zame, 2022. "Do Decision Makers Have Subjective Probabilities? An Experimental Test," Working Papers 940, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance.
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Keywords
subjective probability; choice under uncertainty; online experiments;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DCM-2022-07-18 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-DEM-2022-07-18 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2022-07-18 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2022-07-18 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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