Uncertainty in Economics

A History

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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mso-fareast-language: IT;">This book introduces the economic theories that have placed uncertainty at the core of economic discourse. The book will appeal to scholars of the history of economic thought, as well as students of advanced microeconomics, decision theory, game theory, and history of economic thought.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-06-24
Mått155 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt410 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpringer Studies in the History of Economic Thought
Antal sidor150
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031912207
OriginaltitelL’incertezza in economia: Una storia delle teorie da Keynes ai giorni nostri

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Carlo Zappia is an Associate Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Siena, where he teaches microeconomics and the history of economics. He has also been a Shackle Visiting Fellow at St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge (UK), and a Visiting Fellow at the Université Côte d'Azur. He is currently Chairman of the Council of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Art of Conjecture: Probability and Utility.- Chapter 3. Uncertainty According to Knight and Keynes.- Chapter 4. Von Neumann, Morgenstern and Decision-making under Risk.- Chapter 5. Ramsey, de Finetti and Savage: Decisions under Uncertainty.- Chapter 6. Uncertainty as Ambiguity: Ellsberg and the Paradoxes of Decision Theory of choice.- Chapter 7. Modern Uncertainty Theories and the Return to Keynes.