Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2012
Abstract
We evaluate the binary lottery procedure for inducing risk neutral behavior in a subjective belief elicitation task. Harrison, Martínez-Correa and Swarthout [2013] found that the binary lottery procedure works robustly to induce risk neutrality when subjects are given one risk task defined over objective probabilities. Drawing a sample from the same subject population, we find evidence that the binary lottery procedure induces linear utility in a subjective probability elicitation task using the Quadratic Scoring Rule. We also show that the binary lottery procedure can induce direct revelation of subjective probabilities in subjects with certain Non-Expected Utility preference representations that satisfy weak conditions that we identify.
Recommended Citation
Harrison, Glenn; Martínez-Correa, Jimmy; and Swarthout, Todd, "Eliciting Subjective Probabilities with Binary Lotteries" (2012). ExCEN Working Papers. 63.
https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/excen_workingpapers/63
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