Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (born February 8, 1845 in Edgeworthstown , County Longford , Ireland , † February 13, 1926 in Oxford , Oxfordshire, England) was an Irish economist.
Edgeworth represented the idea of the progressive tax , which he - like Arthur Cecil Pigou - justified with the decreasing marginal utility of income . Both the Edgeworth Box and the Edgeworth Tax Paradox were named after him. In 1907 he was awarded the Guy Medal in gold by the Royal Statistical Society for his work . Since 1903 he was a member ( fellow ) of the British Academy .
Fonts (selection)
- Mathematical psychics and further papers on political economy , 7th edition: 2003
- Writings in probability, statistics, and economics , 9th edition: 1996
- Papers relating to political economy , 1925
- A levy on capital for the discharge of debt , 1919
- On the relations of political economy to war: a lecture , 1915
Web links
- Literature by and about Francis Ysidro Edgeworth in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Francis Ysidro Edgeworth in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 23, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Anglo-Irish economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edgeworthstown , County Longford , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1926 |
| Place of death | Oxford |