Massimo Marinacci

{{short description|Israeli economist}}

{{Infobox economist

| name = Massimo Marinacci

| citizenship = Italy

| nationality =

| field = Economics
decision theory
game theory
applied mathematics

| workplaces = Bocconi University
University of Turin
University of Bologna
University of Toronto

| patrons =

| alma_mater = Northwestern University

| doctoral_advisor = Itzhak Gilboa

| repec_prefix = e

| repec_id = pgi34

}}

Massimo Marinacci is an Italian economist with contributions in decision theory. After obtaining his BA in Political Economy from Bocconi University, he earned his PhD in economics in 1996 under the supervision of Itzhak Gilboa. He currently holds the AXA-Bocconi Chair in Risk at the Department of Decision Sciences at Bocconi University.{{cite web |title=Massimo Marinacci: Economics, Politics and Decision Sciences |url=https://www.sdabocconi.it/en/faculty/massimo-marinacci |website=SDA Bocconi |access-date=1 July 2024}}

His most influential work is on ambiguity aversion, an area in which he has published multiple papers with over 1000 citations.{{cite web |title=Massimo Marinacci |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6KWZup8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |website=Google scholar |access-date=1 July 2024}}

Marinacci has contributed to the public discussion on how uncertainty should be incorporated in decision making. For example, together with Loïc Berger, he wrote a piece in The Conversation about how decision theory could be helpful for deciding whether to implement school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |last1=Marinacci |first1=Massimo |last2=Berger |first2=Lois |title=Closing schools: how to make a rational decision? |url=https://theconversation.com/closing-schools-how-to-make-a-rational-decision-155518 |access-date=1 July 2024 |agency=The Conversation}}

Marinacci received the Polanyi Prize in 1998 for his contributions to economic science.{{cite web |title=Polanyi Prize Winners 1987-2022 |url=https://cou.ca/resources/awards/prize-winners/ |website=Council of Ontario Universities |access-date=1 July 2024}} He is also a Fellow of the Econometric Society{{cite web |title=Fellows of the Econometric Society |url=https://www.econometricsociety.org/society/organization-and-governance/fellows/current |website=The Econometric Society |access-date=1 July 2024}} and the European Economic Association.{{cite web |title=Fellows |url=https://www.eeassoc.org/fellows |website=European Economic Association |access-date=1 July 2024}}