A Compendium of Italian Economists at Oxbridge

This study examines five decades of Italian economists who studied or researched at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge between the years 1950 and 2000. Providing a detailed list of Italian economists associated with Hicks, Harrod, Bacharach, Flemming, Mirrlees, Sen and other distinguished dons, the authors examine eleven research lines, including the Sraffa and the neo-Ricardian school, the post-Keynesian school and the Stone's and Goodwin's schools. Baranzini and Mirante trace the influence of the schools in terms of 1) their fundamental role in the evolution of economic thought; 2) their promotion of four key controversies (on the measurement of technical progress, on capital theory, on income distribution and on the inter-generational transmission of wealth); 3) the counter-flow of Oxbridge scholars to academia in Italy, and 4) the invigoration of a third generation of Italian economists researching or teaching at Oxbridge today.

A must-read for all those interested in the way Italian and British research has shaped the study and teaching of economics.

First catalogue of Italian economists who have studied at Oxbridge Expounds the contribution to economic theorising and to applied economics by the Anglo-Italian School of Economics Explains the way in which this has influenced the economic discipline in general through Italian and British research, publications and teaching

Autorentext
Mauro Baranzini is Professor at the University of Lugano, Switzerland, which he helped to found in 1996. In 1971 he was awarded a Florey fellowship of The Queen's College, Oxford, where from 1975 to 1984 he was Lecturer in Economics. He contributed widely to the Cambridge theory of income and wealth distribution.
Amalia Mirante is Lecturer in Economics at the University of Lugano, Switzerland and at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland. She has published several papers on economic theory, and a textbook on macro-economics.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. The Oxonian-Italian School of Economics, 1950 to about 1990.- 3. The Cantabrigiensis-Italian School of Economics (1950-~1990).- 4. The Celebration of Oxbridge Scientists by Italian Economists and Institutions.- 5. The Influential Role of Oxbridge Italian Economists in Science and Civil Society.- 6. Conclusions.- Reference Bibliography.