Author and Citation Information for "The St. Petersburg Paradox"
[Editor's Note: The entry titled The St. Petersburg Paradox has been retired. The last published version is available in the Winter 2017 Archive Edition.]
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Martin, Robert, "The St. Petersburg Paradox", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/paradox-stpetersburg/>.
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Peterson, Martin, "The St. Petersburg Paradox", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/paradox-stpetersburg/>.The citation above refers to the version in the following archive edition:
- Fall 2020 (minor correction)
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Older versions of "The St. Petersburg Paradox" are available in the following editions:
- Fall 2019 (new, rewritten entry) [new author(s): Peterson, Martin]
- Fall 2017 (minor correction)
- Summer 2014 (minor correction)
- Summer 2013 (substantive content change)
- Winter 2011 (minor correction)
- Fall 2008 (minor correction)
- Summer 2008 (substantive content change)
- Fall 2004 (substantive content change)
- Fall 2001 (minor correction)
- Summer 2001 (substantive content change) [title change]
- Spring 1999 (substantive content change)
- Winter 1998 (first archived) [author: Martin, Robert]
BibTeX Citation String (Summer 2017 Archive Edition)
@InCollection{sep-paradox-stpetersburg,
author = {Peterson, Martin},
title = {{The St. Petersburg Paradox}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/paradox-stpetersburg/}},
year = {2017},
edition = {{S}ummer 2017},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}
BibTeX Citation String (Current Version in Fall 2020 Archive)
There are over 50 BibTeX styles and no standard format that is guaranteed to work for all 50. So, we suggest you use our string as a 'useful suggestion' that might need to be adapted for your particular BibTeX file. Also note that the double braces around the title is to preserve capitalization. You may wish to edit that as well.
@InCollection{sep-paradox-stpetersburg,
author = {Peterson, Martin},
title = {{The St. Petersburg Paradox}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/paradox-stpetersburg/}},
year = {2020},
edition = {{F}all 2020},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}

