A mechanism for eliciting the mean and quantiles of a random variable

Thomas Demuynck

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 121, issue 1, 121-123

Abstract: We present two Becker–DeGroot–Marschak type incentive compatible elicitation mechanisms. The first can be used to elicit an agent’s belief about the mean of a random variable while the second elicits the quantiles.

Keywords: Becker–DeGroot–Marschak; Elicitation; Incentive compatible; Mean; Quantile (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C49 D81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.07.019

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