...Mario Pomini Bruno de Finetti (1906–1985) is well known as the founder of the subjective theory of probability. Less known is his contribution to economic theory. The article presents the contributions of de Finetti in the field of welfare economics. He advanced a new mathematical tool: the theory...

..., on the utilitarian assessment of each alternative out- come and, on the other hand, on the outcome’s respective probabilities esti- mated on a subjective basis. At this point, a crucial philosophical insight was offered by an Italian mathematician, Bruno de Finetti (1937). It was neither the cogency of each...

..., in the years when Bruno de Finetti (1931)—a repre- sentative of the “most extreme subjectivism” (Hacking 2006, 147; Pelloni 1996)—was approaching his subjective theory on probability. Silence descended, then, until the post–World War II years. These elements considered, we may conclude that Gini...

... , edited by Hall Peter A. , 195 – 229 . Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press . de Finetti Bruno . 1965 . “ Econometrisi allo spettroscopio .” La Rivista Trimestrale 4 ( 15–16 ): 540 – 53 . Del Vecchio Gustavo . 1956 . Capitale e interesse . Torino : Einaudi...

... it. In this sense the advocates of the main approaches to probability (Laplace representing the classical- objectivist perspective, Venn the frequentist, Keynes the logicist, and Bruno De Finetti the personal subjectivist perspectives) were dogmatic. 160 History of Political Economy 41:1 (2009...

... article, 123-27 The Economics of Employnient Debt-deflation theory of depressions, (Lerner), 189 262 Economics of Industry (Marshall and De Finetti, Bruno: conglomerability Marshall), 250 concept, 49; convergence theorem, Economics (Samuelson), 184...

... . Finetti Bruno de . 1949 . “ Sulle stratificazione convesse .” Annali di matematica pura ed applicata , ser. 4 , 30 ( 1 ): 173 – 83 . Gallagher Noel . 2005 . “Gerard Debreu Dies at 83: First of Four Berkeley Economists to Win Nobel Prize over 18-Year Span.” Press release , Office...