Leon Walras
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Leon Walras was a 19th-century French economist best known for founding the theory of general equilibrium and helping establish neoclassical economics.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Léon Walras | 9 |
| Leon Walras canonical | 3 |
| Auguste Walras | 1 |
| Léon Walras, Elements of Pure Economics | 1 |
| Marie-Esprit-Léon Walras | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leon Walras Context triple: [Alfred Marshall, influencedBy, Leon Walras]
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Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist renowned for his influential work on capital and interest theory and as a leading figure of the Austrian School of economics.
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B.
Friedrich von Wieser
Friedrich von Wieser was an Austrian economist of the Austrian School known for his work on marginal utility, opportunity cost, and the theory of imputation.
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Vilfredo Pareto
Vilfredo Pareto was an Italian economist and sociologist best known for his work on income distribution, the 80/20 principle (Pareto principle), and elite theory in social and political analysis.
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D.
Carl Menger
Carl Menger was an Austrian economist and founder of the Austrian School, best known for developing the theory of marginal utility and subjective value.
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E.
Irving Fisher
Irving Fisher was an influential American economist and statistician known for his pioneering work in interest theory, capital theory, and the development of modern economic and econometric analysis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leon Walras Target entity description: Leon Walras was a 19th-century French economist best known for founding the theory of general equilibrium and helping establish neoclassical economics.
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A.
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist renowned for his influential work on capital and interest theory and as a leading figure of the Austrian School of economics.
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B.
Friedrich von Wieser
Friedrich von Wieser was an Austrian economist of the Austrian School known for his work on marginal utility, opportunity cost, and the theory of imputation.
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C.
Vilfredo Pareto
Vilfredo Pareto was an Italian economist and sociologist best known for his work on income distribution, the 80/20 principle (Pareto principle), and elite theory in social and political analysis.
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D.
Carl Menger
Carl Menger was an Austrian economist and founder of the Austrian School, best known for developing the theory of marginal utility and subjective value.
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E.
Irving Fisher
Irving Fisher was an influential American economist and statistician known for his pioneering work in interest theory, capital theory, and the development of modern economic and econometric analysis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French economist
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economist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | political economy ⓘ |
| birthName |
Marie-Esprit-Léon Walras
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linked to:
Leon Walras
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| contributedTo |
formalization of market equilibrium
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mathematization of economics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1834-12-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1910-01-05 ⓘ |
| employer | University of Lausanne ⓘ |
| era | 19th-century economics ⓘ |
| father |
Auguste Walras
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linked to:
Leon Walras
|
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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general equilibrium theory ⓘ microeconomics ⓘ |
| hasConceptNamedAfter |
Walrasian auctioneer
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linked to:
Walrasian market-clearing framework
Walrasian equilibrium ⓘ
linked to:
Walrasian market-clearing framework
Walras’s law ⓘ
linked to:
Walrasian market-clearing framework
|
| influenced |
Gérard Debreu
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Kenneth Arrow ⓘ Vilfredo Pareto ⓘ general equilibrium analysis in modern economics ⓘ neoclassical microeconomics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Antoine Augustin Cournot
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Jules Dupuit ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Walrasian auctioneer concept
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Walrasian general equilibrium ⓘ
linked to:
Walrasian market-clearing framework
contributions to neoclassical economics ⓘ founding general equilibrium theory ⓘ tâtonnement process ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement | neoclassical economics ⓘ |
| name |
Léon Walras
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linked to:
Leon Walras
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| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Éléments d’économie politique pure
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Études d’économie politique appliquée ⓘ Études d’économie sociale ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Évreux, France
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linked to:
Evreux, France
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| placeOfDeath | Clarens, Switzerland ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Political Economy at the University of Lausanne ⓘ |
| residence |
Lausanne, Switzerland
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linked to:
Lausanne
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| spouse | Aline Sainte-Beuve ⓘ |
| theoryDeveloped |
Walrasian general equilibrium model
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linked to:
Walrasian market-clearing framework
marginal utility theory within general equilibrium ⓘ tâtonnement price adjustment mechanism ⓘ |
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