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Author-Name: Rosaria Adriani
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Author-Workplace-Name: Università di Pisa - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
Title: Bruno de Finetti e la geometria del benessere 
(Bruno de Finetti and the geometry of welfare))
Abstract: This paper attempts to give an interpretation of the economic thought of the Italian mathematician
Bruno de Finetti (1906-1985). De Finetti is well known to the international scientific community for
his theories, elaborated during the 1930s, on subjective probability. The concept of probability and that
of utility, according to de Finetti’s view, are strictly connected, as shown by the studies on decision
theory that were developed some decades later. De Finetti’s contribution tries to reformulate welfare
economics as a «geometry of welfare», based on the connection between subjective probability and
utility. De Finetti’s geometry of welfare starts from the Paretian Optimum to formalize an original
social welfare function.
Classification-JEL: B10; D60; D80
Keywords: Bruno de Finetti; probabilità soggettiva; economia del benessere 
(Bruno de Finetti; subjective probability; welfare economics)
Journal: Il Pensiero Economico Italiano
Pages: 101-121
Volume: 14
Issue: 2
Year: 2006
File-URL: https://www.libraweb.net/articoli.php?chiave=200606302&rivista=63
Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:14:y:2006:2:4:p:101-121