The Role of Genoese Economists in the Introduction of Keynesian Thought in Italy

The acclimatization process of Keynesian thought in Italy was long and complex. Several Genoese economists participated in it. In this work, taking as a reference two professors from the University of Genoa, Vittorio Sirotti and Luciano Stella, it is shown how this participation was divided into two phases. In a first phase, exemplified by the studies of Vittorio Sirotti, the attempt to reconcile the Keynesian theory with that of the Lausanne school was prevalent. In a second phase, when the acceptance of Keynesian theory in Italy was by now consolidated, the concern prevailed, evident in the studies of Luciano Stella, to extend this theory from a closed economy to an open economy