On Specimen Theoriae Novae de Mensura Sortis of Daniel Bernoulli

Paola Modesti ()
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Paola Modesti: Università degli Studi di Parma

Decisions in Economics and Finance, 2025, vol. 48, issue 1, No 31, 775-793

Abstract: Abstract This piece in the Milestones series is dedicated to the paper “Specimen Theoriae Novae de Mensura Sortis ” by Daniel Bernoulli, published in 1738 on the Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae.

Keywords: Expected utility theory; Logarithmic utility; St. Petersburg paradox; 91B16; 91B16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/s10203-024-00471-z

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