@ivan-moscati
Prof at Insubria University, Varese, & research associate at Bocconi University, Milan │ History and methodology of utility and decision theory │ Behavioral and experimental economics │ Web: ivanmoscati.weebly.com
🎉 Yesterday was the official publication date of my book Conversations on Rational Choice, CUP. So, it really exists and you can order your copy (pic by @maltedold.bsky.social because I still dont own one).
Deadline approaching!
Glad to share a new paper with Ivan Boldyrev and Bob Sugden, written for the 75th anniversary of the famous 1952 Paris conference on risk.
We reconstruct the rich discussions at the meeting and address the “sleeping beauty puzzle” linked to ideas presented there by Allais and Arrow.
bit.ly/4rkZqNn
🎓 Call for applications – 4th Lake Como INEM Summer School in Philosophy of Economics, Villa del Grumello (Como), 7–12 June 2026. Open to PhD students, young scholars & advanced MA students. Deadline 31 Jan 2026. More information: phileco4.lakecomoschool.org
Call for Applications — DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2026
Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics
Como, Italy, 8–12 June 2026
Sponsored by INEM, U. of Insubria, and U. of Milan
Full information at:
phileco4.lakecomoschool.org
phileco4.lakecomoschool.org/application/
HISRECO-2025 starts tomorrow at the department of Economics and Business Economics, Nijmegen School of Management at Radboud University
Thrilled to welcome many wonderful colleagues to Nijmegen!
(will try to post sth here with h/t #HISRECO2025)
hisreco.wordpress.com/next-confere...
You might have missed great book reviews in the latest issues of EJHET.
In 32(4), Tribe, Le Chapelain, Marcuzzo, @ivan-moscati.bsky.social @massaf.bsky.social reviewed books by Drakopoulos & Katselidis, Mosca, Garegnani, Zappia, and @vhalsmayer.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/3...
Very glad that Caterina Marchionni (Milan U., @catemar.bsky.social) has joined Francesco Guala (Milan U.), Raffaello Seri (Insubria U., @rseri.me), and me as a local organizer of the Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics.
Welcome aboard, Caterina!
Save the Date: JUNE 8–12, 2026.
Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics.
Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy.
Sponsored by INEM, the University of Insubria, and the University of Milan.
More information forthcoming.
@catemar.bsky.social
@rseri.me
Well deserved, Conrad!
The paper relates to Julian Reiss’s “explanation paradox,” which consists of three widely accepted yet mutually inconsistent claims: (1) economic models are false; (2) they are nevertheless explanatory; (3) only true accounts can explain.
I suggest resolving the paradox by rejecting claim (3).
In discussing psychological narratives in decision theory, this paper contributes to the recent methodological and historical literature, developed by Mary Morgan and other scholars, that explores the epistemic functions of narratives in scientific research broadly, and economics in particular.
Third, it explores the epistemic functions of psychological narratives, contending that, despite their fictional nature, they provide explanations for choice-behavior phenomena.
Recognizing this latter function requires abandoning the assumption that truth is a necessary condition for explanation.
First, it reviews the psychological narratives associated with some influential models developed to supersede expected utility theory.
Second, it examines the epistemological status of these narratives, arguing that they draw from folk psychology and are best understood as as-if constructs.
Models in the economic theory of decision making under uncertainty are often accompanied by “psychological narratives”, i.e., accounts of the psychological factors and processes that determine individuals’ choices in uncertain situations.
This paper makes three main contributions.
Delighted to share that my paper “Psychological narratives in decision theory: what they are and what they are good for” has been published in the Journal of Economic Methodology:
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
You can download up to 50 free copies here:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/S2UAR...
HISRECO program is now available online!
hisreco.wordpress.com/next-confere...
📌 Scholarship Code: CU41. CU Beta.06
⏰ Deadline: 22/08 – 1PM
📧 Contact: elena.maggi@uninsubria.it
📑 Make sure to include the scholarship code in your application!
A great opportunity to research at the intersection of mobility & climate.
📢 Call for Applications – PhD Programme in Sustainable Development & Climate Change.
🎓 Focus: Climate Change & Transportation: a critical and complex interrelationship
🗓️ Start: Nov. 25
🌍 Language: English
🌐 Open to international candidates!
With the customary couple of months of delay (🙄), issue 1-2025 of HEI - History of Economic Ideas has been published.
TOC is in the image below.
hei.scholasticahq.com
www.libraweb.net/riviste.php?chiave=61
@shoet.bsky.social
A new issue of the Journal of Economic Methodology is available now
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjec20/3...
The list of talks at this year's THETS conference is available, looks awesome! And I hope that other Warwick people who are interested in the topic -- like @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social , @yuvalmillo.bsky.social , and Matthew Watson -- will be there as well
thets.org.uk/2025-annual-...
Article: Scarf, Shapley, and Shubik's Applications of the “Core” to General Equilibrium, by Jonathan F. Cogliano
doi.org/10.1215/0018...
Our book with @ustagan10.bsky.social is now published and available on open access 🥳
www.routledge.com/Field-Experi...
📢 Call for Applications 📢
41st Cycle of the PhD in Methods and Models for Economic Decisions.
5 scholarships available for the academic year 2025-2026.
Deadline: 12/07/2025
www.uninsubria.eu/work-and-stu...
Ma a noi che abbiamo già visto Calenda vs Renzi, questa roba qui ci fa un baffo
Organised by Department of Economic and Social Sciences with our Department.
Org. com. : Samantha Coccia (U. Politecnica delle Marche), Federico Giri (U. Politecnica delle Marche), Mauro Gallegati (U. Politecnica delle Marche), Alberto Russo (U. Politecnica delle Marche), Eugenio Caverzasi.
🚨 Call for Applications – 4th HANDS-ON AB-SFC Summer School on Agen- Based Stock-Flow Consistent Macroeconomic Modelling
Ancona, Sept 3–5, 2025.
Deadline: July 10, 2025
Info & application: lnkd.in/dHu3cDHW
Michele Bernasconi (@dipecounive.bsky.social) in London presenting “Equality of Opportunity with Quadratic Social Welfare Functions” w/ Raffaello Seri (@rseri.me) in a seminar of the group Perceptions of Inequality, 30/04, 12:30-13.45.
www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
