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Clément Colson

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French economist
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Clément Colson (13 November 1853 – 24 March 1939) was a French political economist. He was born in Versailles and died in Paris. Colson was honorary president of the Société d'économie politique from 1929 to 1933.

Colson was trained as an engineer and became Inspecteur-général des ponts et chaussées. He lectured on political economy at Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole des ponts et chaussées, and Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques. His lectures were public in book form which brought him public notice. He made contributions to statistical techniques in economics. His first book was on transport statistics.

References

  1. Zouboulakis, Michel S. (1998), "Clément Colson (1853-1939): A Liberal Serving the Public Interest", European Economists of the Early 20th Century, Volume 1, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 29–45, ISBN 978-1-0353-0320-5
  2. Rueff, Jacques (1939). "Clément Colson". Revue d'économie politique. 53 (2): 814–816. ISSN 0373-2630.
  3. Hébert, R.F., "Colson, Léon Clément (1853–1939)", The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Basingstoke: Nature Publishing Group, p. 1, ISBN 978-0-333-78676-5
  4. ^ "Clément-Léon Colson". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. 1939.
  5. Roy, René (1940). "Clément Colson". Econometrica. 8 (3): 193–198. doi:10.2307/1909098. ISSN 0012-9682.
  6. Le Temps, 26 mars 1939


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