Alberto Feduzi

Research Associate in Decision Making under High Uncertainty

BA, Doctorate (Univ. of Rome III), PhD (Univ. of Cambridge)

Dr Feduzi is also an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Rome III.

Professional experience

Dr Feduzi has worked as an economic consultant for public and private organisations including the Italian Ministry of Culture (2006), the Italian Ministry of Finance (2005), the Municipality of Rome (2002) and C.L.E.S. (Centre for Research on Labour, Development and Economic Problems) (2001-2006).

Awards and scholarships

• Cambridge Political Economy Society Award, 2006, 2007
• ESRC PhD Fees Award, 2003-2004
• Girton College - Doris Woodall Scholarship, 2003, 2004
• Cambridge European Trust Award, 2002-2005

Research interests

Probability, uncertainty and rational choice theory; project management under conditions of high uncertainty and complexity; behavioural economics; the economics of the welfare state; the economics of J.M. Keynes, F.H. Knight, and G.L.S. Shackle; the philosophy of economics.

Alberto Feduzi is a member of the Business & Management Economics subject group.

Selected publications

Feduzi, A. (2006) "Incertezza Knightiana, fallimenti di mercato e Stato sociale." Economia Pubblica, 36(3/4): 31-52

Feduzi, A. (2007) "On the relationship between Keynes's conception of evidential weight and the Ellsberg paradox." Journal of Economic Psychology, 28(5): 545-565

Feduzi, A. (2010) "On Keynes's conception of the weight of evidence." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 76(2): 338-351

Feduzi, A., Runde, J. and Zappia, C. (2011) "De Finetti on the insurance of risks and uncertainties." British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (forthcoming)

Feduzi, A. and Runde. J. (2011) "The uncertain foundations of the welfare state." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 80(3): 613-627 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.06.002)