Arthur Cecil Pigou

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Arthur Cecil Pigou was a British economist known for his foundational work in welfare economics and the theory of externalities, which strongly shaped modern public economics.

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Arthur Cecil Pigou canonical 15
A. C. Pigou 4
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instanceOf academic ⓘ
economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDiscipline economics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
educatedAt Harrow School ⓘ
King's College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer King's College, Cambridge ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
familyName Pigou ⓘ
linked to: Arthur Cecil Pigou
fieldOfWork economic theory ⓘ
economics ⓘ
microeconomics ⓘ
public economics ⓘ
welfare economics ⓘ
fullName Arthur Cecil Pigou ⓘ
genre economic literature ⓘ
givenName Arthur ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Alfred Marshall ⓘ
influenced John Maynard Keynes ⓘ
modern welfare economics ⓘ
public economics ⓘ
influencedBy Alfred Marshall ⓘ
Henry Sidgwick ⓘ
knownFor Pigouvian taxes ⓘ
analysis of market failures ⓘ
foundational work in welfare economics ⓘ
theory of externalities ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf King's College, Cambridge ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableIdea internalization of externalities through taxation ⓘ
marginal social cost and marginal private cost distinction ⓘ
notableWork Industrial Fluctuations ⓘ
Principles and Methods of Industrial Peace ⓘ
The Economics of Welfare ⓘ
Unemployment ⓘ
Wealth and Welfare ⓘ
occupation economist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ryde, Isle of Wight ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cambridge, England ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
theory Pigouvian tax theory ⓘ
welfare economics framework ⓘ

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Arthur Cecil Pigou → familyName → Pigou ⓘ
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Alfred Marshall → influenced → Arthur Cecil Pigou ⓘ
The Economics of Welfare → author → Arthur Cecil Pigou ⓘ
Wealth and Welfare → author → Arthur Cecil Pigou ⓘ
Wealth and Welfare → author → A. C. Pigou ⓘ
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Principles and Methods of Industrial Peace → author → A. C. Pigou ⓘ
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Industrial Fluctuations → author → Arthur Cecil Pigou ⓘ
Industrial Fluctuations → author → A. C. Pigou ⓘ
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Francis Ysidro Edgeworth → influenced → Arthur Cecil Pigou ⓘ
Unemployment (A. C. Pigou) → author → Arthur Cecil Pigou ⓘ
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Pigouvian subsidy → namedAfter → Arthur Cecil Pigou ⓘ
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