F.Y. Edgeworth, Writings in Probability, Statistics, and Economics
F.Y. Edgeworth, Writings in Probability, Statistics, and Economics

Author: Francis Ysidro Edgeworth

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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A compilation of Edgeworth's published articles in probability theory and mathematical statistics, highlighting the evolution of the economist's theories beginning in 1925. Credited with being the nominal inventor of the Edgeworth Box diagram and the contract curve, this three volume set shows to an advantage his work in probability, the law of error, and the applications of probability and statistical theory to economics and the social sciences. The articles are presented as "photocopies" of the originals, including accompanying illustrations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth

Author: Lluis Barbe

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1849803226

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This is a welcome biography of Edgeworth. Peter Groenewegen, Economic History Review Barbè s book is bound to become the bibliographical reference on Edgeworth. Alberto Baccini, Storia del Pensiero Economico This biography is especially welcome in providing a considerable amount of fresh information about Edgeworth s life and background. From the preface by John Creedy, University of Melbourne, Australia Lluís Barbé has recreated the background and life of Francis Ysidro Edgeworth through a fascinating reconstruction that succeeds in shaping the first detailed biography ever published of this major economist and statistician. Originating from previously unexplored letters and documents stored in archives and registers in Ireland, England and Catalonia, Edgeworth s relationships with his academic fellows including Sully, Jevons, Marshall, Galton, Pearson, Walras, Pantaleoni, Fisher, Pareto, Keynes are meticulously depicted. Stemming from undiscovered primary sources, this book also reveals a detailed insight into the academic world of the period 1875 1925 in the fields of economics and statistics. With a descriptive survey of Edgeworth s work, this book will prove a captivating read for academics and postgraduate students in economic analysis, the history of economic thought and the history of statistics. Anyone with an interest in Francis Ysidro Edgeworth s life should also read this book.

Equilibrium and Evolution
Equilibrium and Evolution

Author: N. Hart

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-12-12

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 023036117X

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Alfred Marshall has traditionally been listed alongside pioneering 'neoclassical' economists. In this volume Neil Hart challenges this view, illuminating the ambiguities within Marshall's work, and exploring his reconciliation of two modes of thinking, equilibrium economics and evolutionary economics.

Time Series and Statistics
Time Series and Statistics

Author: John Eatwell

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1990-07-23

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1349208655

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This is an excerpt from the 4-volume dictionary of economics, a reference book which aims to define the subject of economics today. 1300 subject entries in the complete work cover the broad themes of economic theory. This extract concentrates on time series and statistics.

Statisticians of the Centuries
Statisticians of the Centuries

Author: C.C. Heyde

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-12-01

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1461301793

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Written by leading statisticians and probabilists, this volume consists of 104 biographical articles on eminent contributors to statistical and probabilistic ideas born prior to the 20th Century. Among the statisticians covered are Fermat, Pascal, Huygens, Neumann, Bernoulli, Bayes, Laplace, Legendre, Gauss, Poisson, Pareto, Markov, Bachelier, Borel, and many more.

A History of Irish Economic Thought
A History of Irish Economic Thought

Author: Thomas Boylan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-03

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1136933492

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For a country that can boast a distinguished tradition of political economy from Sir William Petty through Swift, Berkeley, Hutcheson, Burke and Cantillon through to that of Longfield, Cairnes, Bastable, Edgeworth, Geary and Gorman, it is surprising that no systematic study of Irish political economy has been undertaken. In this book the contributors redress this glaring omission in the history of political economy, for the first time providing an overview of developments in Irish political economy from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Logistically this is achieved through the provision of individual contributions from a group of recognized experts, both Irish and international, who address the contribution of major historical figures in Irish political economy along the analysis of major thematic issues, schools of thought and major policy debates within the Irish context over this extended period.