TY -  JOUR
PY -  2008
SN -  1972-4918
T1 -  The Istitutional Approach in the Economic Thought of Carlo Cattaneo
JO -  STUDI ECONOMICI 
DA -  3/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
DO -  10.3280/STE2008-095002
UR -  http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=35423
AU -  Mistri,  Maurizio
SP -  37
EP -  52
IS -  95
VL -  LXIII
LA -  EN
AB -  <em>The Institutional Approach in the Economic Thought of Carlo Cattaneo</em> -  Carlo Cattaneo was one the most eminent thinker of the Italy in the Risorgimento period. His interests were devoted to social sciences with a focus of the economic engineering. This paper is devoted to demonstrate the particular attention of Cattaneo to a particular approach to economics; that is the analysis of Cattaneo to economical facts presents significative conceptual elements of the modern neo-institutional approach. Particularly Cattaneo emphasised the importance of the technological progress, with a particular attention to the role of knowledge and human capital. A significative work of Cattaneo is that one devoted to the analysis of relationship between legal institutions and the professional specializations of Jewes. JEL Classification: B3, B4, B25 Key words: Economic Thought, Carlo Cattaneo
PB -  FrancoAngeli
ER -