During the 1990s, some important European countries such as Italy and Sweden radically transformed their public pension systems by adopting defined-contribution rules while retaining a pay-as-you-go financial architecture. The paper inquires into the theoretical properties of such notional...

During the 1990s, some important European countries such as Italy and Sweden radically transformed their public pension systems by adopting defined-contribution rules while retaining a pay-as-you-go financial architecture. The paper inquires into the theoretical properties of such notional...

During the 1990s, some important European countries, particularly Italy and Sweden, have radically transformed their public pension system by adopting defined-contribution rules while retaining a pay-as-you-go financial architecture. This paper inquires into the theoretical properties of these...

In contrast with the "missing micro-foundations" argument against Keynes's macro­economics, the paper argues that it is the present state of microeconomics that needs more solid "Keynesian foundations". It is in particular Keynes's understanding of investors' behaviour that can be fruitfully...

Within Hicks's temporary equilibrium method, the paper explores the possibility of supporting the Sraffian theory of prices with a cost-plus explanation of pricing. The model proposed assumes that all firms take their investment decisions with reference to an accounting period, constituted by...

The paper suggests that casting the choice problem in terms of alternative time-consuming activities can foster the fruitful cross-fertilization between economics and psychology along the lines suggested by Scitovsky in the Joyless Economy. The first part emphasizes how mainstream, utility-based...

The paper suggests that casting the choice problem in terms of alternative time-consuming activities can foster the fruitful cross-fertilization between economics and psychology along the lines suggested by Scitovsky in the Joyless Economy. The first part emphasizes how mainstream, utility-based...

The paper inquires into notional defined contribution pension schemes, which retain the pay-as-you-go financing method while adopting the award and indexation formulas typical of funded, defined-contribution systems. It examines the properties of the new arrangement and compares them with those...

The main tenet of the paper is that cost-plus non-competitive prices, while obviously set by firms according to expected market demand for their output, can be assumed to be independent of possible discrepancies between the expected and the actual demand for firms' output. The analysis is placed...