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 13
A. C. Pigou 4
Pigou 1

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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
surface form: King's College, Cambridge
employer King’s College, Cambridge
surface form: King's College, Cambridge

Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName Arthur Cecil Pigou self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pigou
fieldOfWork economic theory
economics
microeconomics
public economics
welfare economics
fullName Arthur Cecil Pigou self-link
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
surface form: 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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John Maynard Keynes influencedBy Arthur Cecil Pigou
Arthur Cecil Pigou fullName Arthur Cecil Pigou self-link
Arthur Cecil Pigou familyName Arthur Cecil Pigou self-linksurface differs
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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 Arthur Cecil Pigou
this entity surface form: A. C. Pigou
Principles and Methods of Industrial Peace author Arthur Cecil Pigou
this entity surface form: A. C. Pigou
Industrial Fluctuations author Arthur Cecil Pigou
Industrial Fluctuations author Arthur Cecil Pigou
this entity surface form: A. C. Pigou
Pigouvian taxes namedAfter Arthur Cecil Pigou
Pigouvian taxes introducedBy Arthur Cecil Pigou
welfare economics historicalFigure Arthur Cecil Pigou
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth influenced Arthur Cecil Pigou
Unemployment (A. C. Pigou) author Arthur Cecil Pigou
Unemployment (A. C. Pigou) author Arthur Cecil Pigou
this entity surface form: A. C. Pigou
Pigouvian subsidy namedAfter Arthur Cecil Pigou