Replication: Belief elicitation with quadratic and binarized scoring rules

Erkal, Nisvan, Gangadharan, Lata and Koh, Boon Han ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4893-1432 (2020) Replication: Belief elicitation with quadratic and binarized scoring rules. Journal of Economic Psychology, 81. ISSN 0167-4870

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Abstract

Researchers increasingly elicit beliefs to understand the underlying motivations of decision makers. Two commonly used methods are the quadratic scoring rule (QSR) and the binarized scoring rule (BSR). Hossain and Okui (2013) use a within-subject design to evaluate the performance of these two methods in an environment where subjects report probabilistic beliefs over binary outcomes with objective probabilities. In a near replication of their study, we show that their results continue to hold with a between-subject design. This is an important validation of the BSR given that researchers typically implement only one method to elicit beliefs. In favor of the BSR, reported beliefs are less accurate under the QSR than the BSR. Consistent with theoretical predictions, risk-averse subjects distort their reported beliefs under the QSR.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Economic Theory
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	02 Sep 2020 23:53
Last Modified:	21 Apr 2023 00:45
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76721
DOI:	10.1016/j.joep.2020.102315

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