The main idea is to think of a "geography of the economic thought" (there  
are production areas of economic thought and areas of reception).  It is  
well known as the problem of international transmission of the economic  
theories.  
  
Focus of this study is the distinctiveness of the processes of diffusion of  
economic ideas across geographic or political areas.  
  
Spengler J., "Notes on international transmission of economic ideas",  
History of Political Economy, 1970  
  
For Italy:  
Barucci P. (ed.), _Le frontiere dell'economia politica. Gli economisti  
stranieri in Italia: dai mercantilisti a Keynes_. Firenze:  Polistampa, 2003  
  
  
Stefano Spalletti