The Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice began publication in 1983 under the title Economia delle scelte pubbliche, changing to its present title in 1998. Under either name, the Journal reflected the founding editor's (Domenico da Empoli) desire to amplify and extend the Italian...

The paper reviews some of the most representative Italian scholars, starting from De Viti de Marco and ending with Fasiani, conventionally considered the first and the last scholar of the Italian tradition. Their positions are discussed firstly in terms of the economic role they attributed to...

As the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped public policies and government finances, it has also influenced the topics that public finance economists are researching. Because the 2020 International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) Congress featured papers that were submitted prior to the start of the...