Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/32581 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2010,021
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
The quadratic scoring rule (QSR) is often used to guarantee an incentive compatible elicitation of subjective probabilities over events. Experimentalists have regularly not been able to ensure that subjects fully comprehend the consequences of their actions on payoffs given the rules of the games. In this note, we present a procedure that allows the transparent use of the QSR even in multiple-choice scenarios. For that purpose, two methodological means are applied: an alternative representation of the score and a short learning period to familiarize subjects with the payoff mechanism. The results suggest that both means were necessary and successful in facilitating subjects' understanding of the rule.
Subjects: 
Quadratic scoring rule
experimental methodology
experimental design
JEL: 
D84
C90
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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