Marcello De Cecco

{{Short description|Italian economist (1939–2016)}}

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| name = Marcello De Cecco

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| birth_date = {{birth-date|17 September 1939}}

| birth_place = Lanciano, Italy

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| death_date = {{death-date and age|3 March 2016|17 September 1939}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = Economist

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Marcello De Cecco (Lanciano 17 September 1939 – Rome 3 March 2016) was an Italian economist.

Born in Lanciano, De Cecco graduated in Law at the Parma University and later in Economics at the University of Cambridge. He was professor in several universities, including the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and the LUISS University of Rome.{{cite news|last1=Stefano Lepri|title=È morto Marcello De Cecco, economista critico dell'austerity|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2016/03/04/cultura/morto-marcello-de-cecco-economista-critico-dellausterity-wURFMFfyreMuU5Fw6L0FtL/premium.html|accessdate=29 August 2016|work=La Stampa|date=4 March 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Redazione|title=E' morto l'economista Marcello De Cecco|url=http://www.repubblica.it/economia/2016/03/03/news/e_morto_l_economista_marcello_de_cecco-134683810/|accessdate=29 August 2016|work=La Repubblica|date=4 March 2016}}

De Cecco's studies mainly focused on the history of monetary and financial policies and on the theories of the genesis and the functioning of markets. Close to Keynesian economics theories, he was increasingly concerned with the European Union issues, of which he strongly opposed the European austerity politics.{{cite news|last1=Sergio Noto|title=Marcello De Cecco e Sergio Ricossa, un destino parallelo |url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2016/03/04/marcello-de-cecco-e-sergio-ricossa-un-destino-parallelo/2518060/|accessdate=29 August 2016|work=Il Fatto|date=4 March 2016}}

De Cecco collaborated with several financial institutions, including the International Monetary Fund, Banca d'Italia and Banca Nazionale del Lavoro. In 2007 he was part of the Organizing Committee of the Democratic Party.{{cite news|title=Partito democratico, via al comitato da 45|url=http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Politica/2007/05_Maggio/23/prodi_pd.shtml|accessdate=29 August 2016|work=Corriere della Sera|date=5 May 2007}}