The Paretian School and Italian Fiscal Sociology

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-15
Criteria for Assessing the Paretian Episode....Pages 16-23
Core Scientific Thought in Pareto’s Major Works....Pages 24-49
The Giornale degli Economisti and Paretian Thought....Pages 50-84
Experimental Economics and the History of Economics....Pages 85-98
The ‘Paretiani’ and Their Critics....Pages 99-113
Fiscal Politics and Fiscal Sociology: Murray, Griziotti and Sensini....Pages 114-136
Fiscal Redistribution and Growth: Gino Borgatta....Pages 137-154
Fiscal Decentralisation: An Epilogue to Paretian Fiscal Thought....Pages 155-171
Final Reflections on an Episode in Italian Thought....Pages 172-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
The Science of Public Finance, Fiscal Law and the Notion of State....Pages 179-184
Experimental Economics....Pages 185-202
The Scientific Study of Fiscal Phenomena....Pages 203-248
Outline of Theoretical Public Finance....Pages 249-258
At the School of Vilfredo Pareto and Maffeo Pantaleoni....Pages 259-265
Pareto’s Contributions to the Science of Public Finance....Pages 266-305
Back Matter....Pages 306-363