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Aggregation of experts’ opinions and conditional consensus opinion

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  • Marcello Basili

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This paper considers aggregation of experts opinions expressed through not necessarily independent but even conflicting probability distributions or multiple priors.The paper addresses elicitation of common opinion and derives its conditional probabilities on future events.

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  • Marcello Basili, 2018. "Aggregation of experts’ opinions and conditional consensus opinion," Department of Economics University of Siena 780, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
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    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness

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