Arthur Cecil Pigou

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academic economist human

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.

Aliases (2)

A. C. Pigou ×3
Pigou ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
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 →
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 →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Industrial Fluctuations → Industrial Fluctuations ("A. C. Pigou") → Principles and Methods of Industrial Peace → Principles and Methods of Industrial Peace ("A. C. Pigou") → The Economics of Welfare → Wealth and Welfare → Wealth and Welfare ("A. C. Pigou") →	author
Arthur Cecil Pigou ("Pigou") →	familyName
Arthur Cecil Pigou →	fullName
Alfred Marshall →	influenced
John Maynard Keynes →	influencedBy
Pigouvian taxes →	introducedBy
Pigouvian taxes →	namedAfter