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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821524503321

Autore

Pomini Mario

Titolo

The Paretian tradition during the interwar period : from dynamics to growth / / Mario Pomini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-69063-X

1-315-77649-9

1-317-69064-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

Disciplina

330.15/43092

330.1543092

Soggetti

Economics - Italy - History - 20th century

Equilibrium (Economics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 The Paretian school in Italy; 2 Pareto's legacy in economic dynamics; 3 Dynamic equilibrium in the international context; 4 Dynamic equilibrium and economic mechanics in Luigi Amoroso; 5 Dynamic equilibrium and expectations in Giulio La Volpe; 6 Eraldo Fossati and the role of uncertainty; 7 Dynamic equilibrium and the economic cycle; 8 From dynamic equilibrium to the theory of optimal growth; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The years in-between the two World Wars were a crucial period for the building of economic dynamics as an autonomous field. Different competing research programs arose at international level. Great progress was achieved by studies on the business cycle, with the first statistical applications. Outside the theory of the business cycle, a significant line of inquiry was that pursued at the end of the 1930s by Hicks and Samuelson. This period also saw the formulation of another approach to formal economic dynamics which in the 1930s represented the frontier of research from the analytical poin