A Compendium of Italian Economists at Oxbridge

Contributions to the Evolution of Economic Thinking

verfasst von: Mauro Baranzini, Amalia Mirante

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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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.

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Frontmatter

1. Introduction

Abstract

Baranzini and Mirante explain the aim of this study, which is to summarize nearly five decades of scientific contribution of three successive generations of Italian economists who have spent different lengths of study and/or research at Oxford and Cambridge for the period 1950-2000. The circulation of ideas and the cross-fertilization background is also studied, and the lines of research included or escluded by the study are specified.

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2. The Oxonian-Italian School of Economics, 1950 to About 1990

Abstract

Baranzini & Mirante first provide a comprehensive list of Italian economists who were at Oxford from 1950 to about 1990. Then they examine seven lines of research, associated with John Hicks, Roy Harrod, Michael Bacharach, the Nuffield College, the production theory, and other fields of research. The contributions by Luigi Pasinetti, Carlo Casarosa, Stefano Zamagni, Mario Amendola, Roberto Scazzieri, and many others are considered in detail.

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3. The Cantabrigiensis-Italian School of Economics (1950–1990)

Abstract

By collating the names of the recipients of the Stringher and Mortara grants, those put forward by Carlo Casarosa (2004, 550–53), by Fernando Vianello (2004), by Pierluigi Ciocca (2008) and by other sources, we may identify, according to their Italian alma mater, a number of scholars who went to Cambridge for the period 1950–75. We also provide the year of matriculation, or the year in which a grant was awarded. However, the list is not exhaustive:

From the Universities of Rome: Paolo Sylos Labini (1949); Mario Lombardo (1953); Luigi Spaventa (1957 and 1958–60); Giovanni Caravale (1958, n.a.; 1959, 1960); Paolo Leon (1958); Luigi Marini (1959); Ferruccio Marzano (1958, 1962); Duccio Cavalieri (1959; 2nd MIT); Antonio Pedone (1959); Salvatore Biasco (1959); Mario Amendola (1960, 1962); Domenico Mario Nuti (1962, 1964); Giuseppe Campa (1962, 1965); Bruno Miconi (1962, 1963); Roberto Ruberti (1963–65); Ezio Tantarelli (1965); Giorgio Questa (1966); Fernando Vianello (1966–68); Giovanni Carosio (1968); Orietta Vito Colonna (1969); Alessandro Roncaglia (1970, 1971–73); Riccardo Parboni (1972); Maurizio Franzini (1973); Vona Stefano (1975), Paolo Garonna (1973); Joseph Halevi (1974); Fabrizio Barca (1978); Roberto Ciccone (1979);

From the Catholic University of Milan: Nino Andreatta (Easter Term, 1956); Luigi L. Pasinetti (1956, n.a.; 1957); Terenzio Cozzi (1962); Alberto Quadrio Curzio (1962); Luciano Boggio (1967); Pierpaolo Varri (1970); Giancarlo Graziola (1971); Gabriella Marzi (1971); Daniele Schilirò (1979);

From the University of Milan and Bocconi University: Ezio Lancellotti (1960, 1962); Giovanni Maria Ciocca (1962–63); Rolando Valiani (1964–65); Giovanni Maria Bernareggi (1965); Carlo Boffito (1969, Bocconi); Ferdinando Targetti (1972, Bocconi); Anna M. Carabelli (1973), Termini Ferrari (1975, Bocconi); Franco Donzelli (1974, Bocconi); Pier Angelo Mori (1976, Bocconi); Fabio Ranchetti (1979, Università degli Studi);

From the University of Naples: Bruno Trezza (1961); Neri Salvadori (1977); Lilia Costabile (1979); Fabio Petri (1972); Carlo Panico (1978; Ph.D. 1983);

From the University of Bologna: Luca Meldolesi (1963); Palmerio Giovanni (1964, Bologna); Massimo Ricottilli (1972); Silvia Giannini (1978); Francesca Bettìo (1978); Giuliana Campanelli (1979); Elettra Agliardi (1987); Roberto Scazzieri (1992);

From the University of Pavia: Piero Garegnani (1953); Francesco Volpi (1955); Mario Sarcinelli (1956); Franco Romani (1957); L. E. Ongaro (1962); Michele Salvati (1960, 1965); Giorgio La Malfa (1961, 1966); Guido Montani (1967–68); Giovanni Vaggi (1971);

From the University of Siena: Mario Tonveronachi (1970); Ugo Pagano (1974); G. Cifarelli (1976);

From other universities: Onorio Gobbato (1955, Venice); F. Buffoni (1961, Sassari); Paolo Pettenati (1961–62, Florence); F. Gallo (1961, Catania); Andrea Saba (1961, Catania); Sebastiano Brusco (1962 and 1965, Sassari); Marcello De Cecco (1964, Parma); Rieser Vittorio (1966, Turin); Antonella Picchio del Mercato (Padua); Giorgio Gilibert (1968, Turin); Amedeo Amato (1970, Genoa); Marco Eller Vainicher (1971, Florence); Antonietta Campus (1971, Sassari); Alfredo Medio (1971, Genoa); Antonio Sassu (1972 Cagliari); Annamaria Simonazzi (1976, Modena); Maurizio Zenesini (1976, Trento); Giancarlo De Vivo (1979 and 1991, Florence); Lilia Costabile (1979, Florence); Diego Gambetta (1979, Turin); Sergio Destefanis (1980, Fribourg); Gloria Vivenza (2001, Verona), Alberto Chilosi (1976–67, Pisa);

From Canton Ticino (Italian speaking Switzerland): Angelo A. Rossi (1967, Fribourg im Üechtland); Mauro Baranzini (1976: Zurich and Fribourg im Üechtland), Daniele Besomi (1986: Pavia), Marcello Corti (1980: Fribourg im Üechtland).

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4. The Celebration of Oxbridge Scientists by Italian Economists and Institutions

Abstract

Baranzini & Mirante report on economists and institutions who have organized special events, conferences and talk in honour of Oxford and Cambridge economists. The list includes John and Ursula Hicks, Roy Harrod, the Raffaele Mattioli Lectures, the Italian Economic Papers, the Journal Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, and the Centre for Financial History of the University of Cambridge. A number of Italian educated scholars now teaching at Oxford and Cambridge are also mentioned.

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5. The Influential Role of Oxbridge Italian Economists in Science and Civil Society

Abstract

Baranzini & Mirante argue that numerous Italian economists considered in this volume have been influential in many other fields, where the relationships between science and civil society are fundamental for promoting a line of thought in academia, in foundations, in scientific journals and in public opinion. Their leading role in the Società Italiana degli Economisti and in the National Lincei Academy (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome) is brought to the fore.

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6. Conclusions

Abstract

Baranzini & Mirante, on the role of the Oxbridge-Italian school of economics 1950-2000, conclude that: (a) it has been fundamental in the evolution of economic thinking; (b) it has been pivotal in the circulation of ideas and cross-fertilization processes, not only between the UK and Italy, but at a much widespread level; (c) it has contributed to the instigation and promotion of at least four theoretical controversies (on the measurement of technical progress, on capital theory, on income distribution and profit determination, and on the inter-generational transmission of wealth); (d) it has led to a significant counter-flow of Oxbridge scholars who moved to Italian academia; and (e) it has encouraged and invigorated a third or fourth generation of Italian economists who are now doing research or teaching in Oxford and Cambridge.

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Backmatter

Titel: A Compendium of Italian Economists at Oxbridge
verfasst von: Mauro Baranzini
Amalia Mirante
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-32219-3
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-32218-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32219-3