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

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.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Demuynck, Thomas
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 121.2013, 1, p. 121-123
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Becker–DeGroot–Marschak \| Elicitation \| Incentive compatible \| Mean \| Quantile

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; C49 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics. Other
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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