Ivan Moscati
I am a professor of economics in the Economics Department at Insubria University, Varese, and a research associate in the Department of Decision Sciences at Bocconi University, Milan. I also teach a course on the history of economic thought at the University of Lugano (USI).
My main research interest is the history and methodology of utility theory and decision theory. I published two books on these topics: Measuring Utility. From the Marginal Revolution to Behavioral Economics (Oxford UP, 2019) and The History and Methodology of Expected Utility (Cambridge UP, 2023).
My articles have received the Best Article Award from both the History of Economics Society and the European Society for the History of Economic Thought.
I am currently working on a third book, Classic and Modern Decision Theory: A History of Ideas (1650–2010), under contract with Cambridge UP and expected to be published in 2027.
In collaboration with Luca Congiu and other coauthors, I have also conducted research in experimental and behavioral economics, focusing on market experiments and the effectiveness of nudges.
Latest works:
December 2025: Psychological Narratives in Decision Theory: What They Are and What They Are Good For, published in the Journal of Economic Methodology, 32(4), 2025: 265–286.
November 2025: Framing Allais: Is the Paradox Robust to the Pictorial Framing of Probabilities?, SSRN working paper, with L. Congiu, 2025.
Email: [email protected]
Bluesky: @ivan-moscati.bsky.social
CV January 2026
My main research interest is the history and methodology of utility theory and decision theory. I published two books on these topics: Measuring Utility. From the Marginal Revolution to Behavioral Economics (Oxford UP, 2019) and The History and Methodology of Expected Utility (Cambridge UP, 2023).
My articles have received the Best Article Award from both the History of Economics Society and the European Society for the History of Economic Thought.
I am currently working on a third book, Classic and Modern Decision Theory: A History of Ideas (1650–2010), under contract with Cambridge UP and expected to be published in 2027.
In collaboration with Luca Congiu and other coauthors, I have also conducted research in experimental and behavioral economics, focusing on market experiments and the effectiveness of nudges.
Latest works:
December 2025: Psychological Narratives in Decision Theory: What They Are and What They Are Good For, published in the Journal of Economic Methodology, 32(4), 2025: 265–286.
November 2025: Framing Allais: Is the Paradox Robust to the Pictorial Framing of Probabilities?, SSRN working paper, with L. Congiu, 2025.
Email: [email protected]
Bluesky: @ivan-moscati.bsky.social
CV January 2026
