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 recently completed on a third book, Decision Theory: A History of Ideas, 1945–2010, 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:
October 2026: 効用とは何か 限界革命から行動経済学まで, Japanese translation of Measuring Utility. From the Marginal Revolution to Behavioral Economics, translated by S. Ono, published by Keio University Press.
September 2026: Sleeping Beauties in Economics: Allais, Arrow, and the 75th Anniversary of the 1952 Paris Conference on Risk, with Ivan Boldyrev and Bob Sugden, published open access in the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
May 2026: Framing Allais: Is the Paradox Robust to the Pictorial Framing of Probabilities?, with Luca Congiu, published in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Email: [email protected]
Bluesky: @ivan-moscati.bsky.social
CV October 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 recently completed on a third book, Decision Theory: A History of Ideas, 1945–2010, 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:
October 2026: 効用とは何か 限界革命から行動経済学まで, Japanese translation of Measuring Utility. From the Marginal Revolution to Behavioral Economics, translated by S. Ono, published by Keio University Press.
September 2026: Sleeping Beauties in Economics: Allais, Arrow, and the 75th Anniversary of the 1952 Paris Conference on Risk, with Ivan Boldyrev and Bob Sugden, published open access in the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
May 2026: Framing Allais: Is the Paradox Robust to the Pictorial Framing of Probabilities?, with Luca Congiu, published in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Email: [email protected]
Bluesky: @ivan-moscati.bsky.social
CV October 2026
