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Simple bets to elicit private signals

This paper introduces two simple betting mechanisms, Top-Flop and Threshold betting, to elicit unverifiable information from crowds. Agents are offered bets on the rating of an item about which they received a private signal versus that of a random item. We characterize conditions for the chosen bet to reveal the agents' private signal even if the underlying ratings are biased. We further provide micro-economic foundations of the ratings, which are endogenously determined by the actions of other agents in a game setting. Our mechanisms relax standard assumptions of the literature, such as common prior, and homogeneous and risk neutral agents.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Theoretical Economics ; ISSN: 1555-7561 ; Volume: 16 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 777-797 ; New Haven, CT: The Econometric Society

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Bets
private signals
Bayesian game
elicitation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Baillon, Aurélien
Xu, Yan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
The Econometric Society
(wo)
New Haven, CT
(wann)
2021

DOI
doi:10.3982/TE4343
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Baillon, Aurélien
  • Xu, Yan
  • The Econometric Society

Entstanden

  • 2021

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