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Commercio estero e sviluppo in Rodolfo Benini : il percorso di un eterodosso (External trade and development in Rodolfo Benini: the trajectory of an etherodox economist)

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  • Fabrizio Bientinesi

    (Università di Pisa - Dipartimento di Scienze economiche)

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While, between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, almost every Italian economists were staunch free traders, Benini was the main supporter for protectionist policies in order to foster Italian industrial development. Benini’s choice was supported by a strong theoretical framework, which was based upon the refusal of comparative costs theory and a marked scepticism about gold standard automatic equilibria. In the thirties, when for economic and political reasons Italy adopted a strong protectionist policy, Benini warned about the risks resulting from a policy aimed at excluding Italy from international trade

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  • Fabrizio Bientinesi, 2008. "Commercio estero e sviluppo in Rodolfo Benini : il percorso di un eterodosso (External trade and development in Rodolfo Benini: the trajectory of an etherodox economist)," Il Pensiero Economico Italiano, Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa - Roma, vol. 16(1), pages 89-103.
    • Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:16:y:2008:1:6:p:89-103
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    Keywords

    Rodolfo Benini; teoria del commercio internazionale; protezionismo; costi comparati; gold standard (Rodolfo Benini; international trade theory; protectionism; comparative costs; gold standard);
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    JEL classification:

    • B19 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Other
    • B29 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Other
    • F52 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - National Security; Economic Nationalism

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