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Arthur Cecil Pigou
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British economist (1877-1959)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1877-11-18 ) 18 November 1877, Ryde , Isle of Wight , England
- Died
- 7 March 1959 (1959-03-07) (aged 81), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , England
- Alma mater
- King's College, Cambridge
- Influences
- Alfred Marshall , Henry Sidgwick
- Discipline
- Welfare economics
- School or tradition
- Neoclassical economics
- Institutions
- University of Cambridge
- Notable ideas
- Externalities , Pigou effect , Pigouvian tax
- Awards
- 1899 Chancellor's Gold Medal , 1903 Adam Smith Prize
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ryde
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- Harrow School
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Alfred Marshall
- Student of
- Alfred Marshall
- Field of work
- economics
- Image
- A.C. Pigou.jpg
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- 1878-11-18
- date of death
- 1959-03-07
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- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
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- name in native language
- Arthur Cecil Pigou
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Arthur Cecil Pigou (/ˈpiːɡuː/; 18 November 1877 – 7 March 1959) was an English economist. As a teacher and builder of the School of Economics at the University of Cambridge, he trained and influenced many Cambridge economists who went on to take chairs of economics around the world. His work covered various fields of economics, particularly welfare economics, but also included business cycle theory, unemployment, public finance, index numbers, and measurement of national output. His reputation was affected adversely by influential economic writers who used his work as the basis on which to define their own opposing views. He reluctantly served on several public committees, including the Cunliffe Committee and the 1919 Royal Commission on income tax.
Early life and education
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