Antoniou, C. and Harrison, G. W. and Lau, M. I. and Read, D. (2015) 'Subjective Bayesian beliefs.', Journal of risk and uncertainty., 50 (1). pp. 35-54.
Abstract
A large literature suggests that many individuals do not apply Bayes’ Rule when making decisions that depend on them correctly pooling prior information and sample data. We replicate and extend a classic experimental study of Bayesian updating from psychology, employing the methods of experimental economics, with careful controls for the confounding effects of risk aversion. Our results show that risk aversion significantly alters inferences on deviations from Bayes’ Rule.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Bayes’ Rule, Subjective beliefs, Learning, D03, D81, D83. |
| Full text: | (AM) Accepted Manuscript Download PDF (741Kb) |
| Status: | Peer-reviewed |
| Publisher Web site: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11166-015-9208-5 |
| Publisher statement: | The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11166-015-9208-5 |
| Date accepted: | No date available |
| Date deposited: | 18 July 2014 |
| Date of first online publication: | 21 February 2015 |
| Date first made open access: | No date available |
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