Publications

(For the full list of publications and working papers see the website page in Italian)

28. “The credibility of monetary policy and the fiscal response to the pandemic in the Eurozone”, Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review, 2022, doi: 10.1007/s40844-021-00226-0, in https://doi.org/10.1007/s40844-021-00226-0 (with P. Della Posta).

27. “Theatrical readings as a means of learning economics”, International Review of Economics Education, 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.iree.2021.100229, in https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2021.100229 (with R. Soliani).

26. “Theatrical readings, a chronicle: 2008-2020”, 2021, in https://teatrodidattico.sp.unipi.it/en/chronicle-2008-2020/ (with R. Soliani).

25. “Nothing Is As It Seems: Dialogues On The Great Recession”, script, 2021, in https://teatrodidattico.sp.unipi.it/en/scripts/.

24. Theatrical readings in Economics, web site, 2021, in https://teatrodidattico.sp.unipi.it/en/presentation/ (with G. Cusumano, R. Soliani).

23. Book Review: Cosimo Perrotta, Is Capitalism Still Progressive? A Historical Approach, Palgrave-MacMillan, Cham, 2020, pp. XV, 1-160, History of Economic Ideas, 2021, XXIX, n. 2, pp. 192-194, E-ISSN 1724-2169.
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22. "Time production economics: A brief historical excursus", History of Economic Ideas, 2020, n. 3, pp. 11-38 (with Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti).
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21. “European Renaissance Bonds to Face Europe's Health and Economic Emergency. An Open Letter of European Economists to the Presidents of the EU Institutions and to the Heads of State and Government of the Member Countries”, May, 2020, text and signatures in https://europeanrenaissance.altervista.org/.

20. “Whatever Has Happened to Political Economy?”, History of Economic Ideas, 2019, n. 3, pp. 61-66 (with R. Soliani).
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19. What Is the Truth About the Great Recession and Increasing Inequality?
Dialogues on Disputed Issues and Conflicting Theories
, Springer, Heidelberg, 2018, ISBN: 978-3-319-98620-3, English revised edition of Nulla è come appare. Dialoghi sulle verità sommerse della crisi economica, Imprimatur, Reggio Emilia, 2016.
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18. "Production of commodities by means of processes. The flow-fund model, input-output relations and the cognitive aspects of production", Discussion Papers, no. 114, 2011, Department of Economics, University of Pisa.

17. "Overcoming Cournot's dilemma on increasing returns and competition through an integrated perspective on the firm", Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Pisa, no. 108, 2010.

16. "Incentive-based and knowledge-based theories of the firm: Some recent developments", Economia e Politica Industriale - Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 2010, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 69-91, ISBN-ISSN 0391-2078 (with N. Meccheri).
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15. "Energy transition towards economic and environmental sustainability: feasible paths and policy implications", Journal of Cleaner Production, 2010, 18, no. 4, pp. 291-98, ISBN 0959-6526, DOI 101016 (with S. D'Alessandro and T. Luzzati).
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14. "Introduction - Organizational variety and economic performance", in M. Morroni (ed.), Corporate Governance, Organization and the Firm: Co-operation and Outsourcing in a Globilised Market, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2009, pp. 1-15, ISBN 978-1-8472-820-0.
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13. (edited), Corporate Governance, Organization and the Firm: Co-operation and Outsourcing in the Global Economy, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2009, pp. v-xii, 1-243, ISBN 978-1-8472-820-0.
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12. "Complementarities among capability, transaction and scale-scope considerations in determining organisational boundaries", Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Special Issue, "Shifting Boundaries", vol. 19, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 31-44, ISBN 0953-7325.
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11. "Innovative activity, substantive uncertainty and the theory of the firm", Economia e Politica Industriale, no. 3, 2006, pp. 47-75, ISBN-ISSN 0391-2078.
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10. Knowledge, Scale and Transactions in the Theory of the Firm, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, May 2006, pp. i-xii, 1-358, ISBN-10 0-521-86243-4 ISBN-13 978-0-521-86243-1, rist. in paperback 2009, ISBN 978-0-521-12318-1; revised version of From Constraints to Opportunities,Department of Economics, University of Pisa, 2001
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9. "The anatomy of the production process and the flow-fund model", in P. Mir (ed.), Producción, Productividad y Crecimento, Edicions de la Unversitat de Lleida, Lleida, 2003, pp. 37-69, ISBN 84-8409-951-2 (with P. Mir).
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8. From Constraints to Opportunities. Competences, Transactions and the Scale of the Firm, Edizioni Il Campano, Pisa, 2000, pp. 1-218.

7. "Production and time: a flow-fund analysis" in K. Mayumi and J.M. Gowdy (eds), Bioeconomics and Sustainability: Essays in Honor of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, "Foreward" di P.A. Samuelson, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1999, pp. 194-228, ISBN 1-85898-667-2.
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6. "Increasing returns", in H.D. Kurz and N. Salvadori (eds), Elgar Companion to Classical Economics, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1998, pp. 399-405, ISBN 1-85898-282-0.
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5. "Decreasing returns", in H.D. Kurz and N. Salvadori (eds), Elgar Companion to Classical Economics, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1998, pp. 209-212, ISBN 1-85898-282-0.
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4. "Costs of production", in P. Arestis and M.C. Sawyer (eds), Elgar Companion to Radical Political Economy, Edward Elgar, Aldershot, 1994, pp.52-7, ISBN 1-85278-460-1.
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3. Production Process and Technical Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992, pp. i-x and 1-224, ISBN 0-521-41001-0, paperback re-issue, digitally printed version 2009, ISBN 978-0-521-11973-3; revised and enlarged edition of Production Process and Technical Change. A Study of Industrial Technique and Production Unit Organization, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, no. 9, December 1988, Istituto Universitario di Bergamo, Bergamo, second ed. 1990.
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2. "Production flexibility", in G.M. Hodgson and E. Screpanti (eds), Rethinking Economics, Edward Elgar, Aldershot, 1991, pp. 68-80, ISBN 1-85-278-416-4.

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1. "Indexation, wages and labour costs in industry: 1975-1977", Rivista di Politica Economica, Selected Papers, 1977, pp. 93-137, English translation of "Scala mobile, salari e costo del lavoro nel settore industriale: 1975-1977", Rivista di Politica Economica, 1977, pp. 1260-306.