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...