A note on proper scoring rules and risk aversion

Alexander Peysakhovich; Mikkel Plagborg-Møller

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.05.030

A note on proper scoring rules and risk aversion

Alexander Peysakhovich, Mikkel Plagborg-Møller

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Abstract

When risk averse forecasters are presented with risk neutral proper scoring rules, they report probabilities whose ratios are shaded towards 1. If elicited probabilities are used as inputs to decision-making, naive elicitors may violate first-order stochastic dominance.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	357-361
Number of pages	5
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	117
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.05.030
State	Published - Oct 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Finance
Economics and Econometrics

Keywords

Decision-making
Risk aversion
Scoring rules

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A note on proper scoring rules and risk aversion

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