Probabilistic opinion pooling generalized Part two: The premise-based approach

Dietrich, Franz and List, Christian (2013): Probabilistic opinion pooling generalized Part two: The premise-based approach.

Abstract

How can different individuals' probability functions on a given σ-algebra of events be aggregated into a collective probability function? Classic approaches to this problem often require `event-wise independence': the collective probability for each event should depend only on the individuals' probabilities for that event. In practice, however, some events may be `basic' and others `derivative', so that it makes sense first to aggregate the probabilities for the former and then to let these constrain the probabilities for the latter. We formalize this idea by introducing a `premise-based' approach to probabilistic opinion pooling, and show that, under a variety of assumptions, it leads to linear or neutral opinion pooling on the `premises'.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Probabilistic opinion pooling, judgment aggregation, subjective probability, premise-based aggregation
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making; D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D70 - General; D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D71 - Social Choice ; Clubs ; Committees ; Associations; D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D80 - General

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