The Weight of Competence Under a Realistic Loss Function

In many scientific, economic and policy-related problems, pieces of information from different sources have to be aggregated. Typically, the sources are not equally competent. This raises the question of how the relative weights and competences should be related to arrive at an optimal final verdict. Our paper addresses this question under a more realistic perspective of measuring the practical loss implied by an inaccurate verdict

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Hartmann, Stephan
Other Persons:	Sprenger, Jan (contributor)
Publisher:	[2009]: [S.l.] : SSRN

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (7 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Logic Journal of the IGPL, Advanced Access, November 2009 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments November 6, 2009 erstellt
Classification:	C10 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General. General ; C80 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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