Italian Economic Papers

English-speaking economists have a great deal to learn from the experience of other nations, and from different economic and social institutions. Volume Two of the Italian Economic Papers continues the initiative of the Societa Italiana degli Economisti to make available English translation of seminal articles and papers originally published in Italian. The twelve papers collected here range from Pareto writing in 1895 to Zamagni in 1986, and include much which is of relevance to current issues as well as economic history. The volume contains summaries of the papers and a select list of Italian periodical articles from 1991 and 1992. This book is intended for academics in the fields of economic theory and public finance; those interested in the work of Italian economists.Table of ContentLuigi Pasinetti: Preface. 1: Vilfredo Pareto: The Law of Demand. 2: Carlo A. Conigliani: Theoretical Approaches in Public Finance. 3: Amilcare Puviani: On the Rationale of Tax Imposition. 4: P. J. Verdoorn: On the Factors Determining the Growth of Labour Productivity. 5: Siro Lombartdini: The Development of the Monopolistic Firm. 6: Sergio Steve: Notes on Corporations in the Theory of Pblic Finance. 7: Federico Caffe: Contemporary Neoliberalism and the Intellectual Inheritance of Francesco Ferrara. 8: Pier Carlo Nicola: Existence of Solutions in a Dynamic General Equilibrium System: An Application of the Kakutani Fixed Point Theorem. 9: Aldo Montesano: Are Prices Indices of Relative Scarcity?. 10: Marco Crivellini and Paolo Pettenati: Patterns of Regional Development and the Italian Case. 11: Marco Dardi: Lord Kahn's 'The Economics of the Short Period'. 12: Stefano Zamagni: Amartya Sen on Social Utilitarism and Liberty