We analyze over 1900 articles about the Italian economy published in the scholarly journals indexed by the Journal of Economic Literature from 1980 to 1996. We rank journals by pages devoted to the Italian economy, and we identify changes in the popularity of research fields such as regional and...

The pivotal issues discussed in the paper concern the effects of protectionism and new protectionism as regards notional welfare (where optimal income distribution Is taken into account) and effective welfare (where actual distribution is considered). It is argued — and demonstrated...