The optimality of the expert and majority rules under exponentially distributed competence

DOI10.1023/A:1005094032398MaRDI QIDQ1273923zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Luba Sapir

Publication date 6 January 1999

Published in Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005094032398

zbMATH Keywords

partial informationmajority ruledecision ruleuncertain dichotomous choiceoptimal ruleexpert rulelogarithmic expertise

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06)

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