Francesco Forte’s Contributions to Essentials of Fiscal Sociology

Ursula Backhaus () and Gordon L. Brady ()
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Ursula Backhaus: The ISSF Foundation
Gordon L. Brady: University of North Carolina

International Advances in Economic Research, 2017, vol. 23, issue 1, No 5, 57 pages

Abstract: Abstract Francesco Forte has made major contributions to many areas of economics with the result that his theoretical work and applications have opened new areas of inquiry. This paper connects Forte’s work with the work of Jürgen Backhaus on fiscal sociology. Positioned at the crossroads of economics and sociology, the answers to these questions helped fill the void which gave rise to the field of fiscal sociology. Fiscal sociology is primarily a study of taxation and fiscal policies which illuminates core issues in the sociology of contemporary capitalism. It includes the causes of poverty and inequality in rich countries and adds to our understanding the basis for the inequality between rich and poor countries. Our paper reviews several of Forte’s papers on Pareto’s fiscal sociology and the failure of European planning for less-developed regions. The paper highlights Forte’s contributions to economic theory focusing on Pareto’s sociological theory and the influence of the European Union on regional development.

Keywords: Fiscal sociology; Paretian welfare economics; Italian public finance theory; Economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D60 E62 O10 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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