Deriving Harsanyi's utilitarianism from de Finetti's book-making argument

Theory and Decision

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-371

  Diecidue, Enrico ^a  

^a INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Book making argument; Policy independence; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

DECISION TABLES; THEOREM PROVING;

BOOK MAKING ARGUMENT; POLICY INDEPENDENCE; UTILITARIANISM;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 33845296632     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-006-9019-x     Document Type: Article

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