Gossen may refer to:
Economics
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Hermann Heinrich Gossen
Hermann Heinrich Gossen (7 September 1810 – 13 February 1858) was a Prussian economist who is often regarded as the first to elaborate a general theory of marginal utility.
Life and work
Gossen studied in Bonn, then worked in the Prussian admin ...
(1810–1858), Prussian economist
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Gossen's laws Gossen's laws, named for Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810–1858), are three laws of economics:
* Gossen's First Law is the "law" of diminishing marginal utility: that marginal utilities are diminishing across the ranges relevant to decision-making.
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, his laws concerning such economic concepts as scarcity and marginal utility
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Gossen's second law Gossen's Second “Law”, named for Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810–1858), is the assertion that an economic agent will allocate his or her expenditures such that the ratio of the marginal utility of each good or service to its price (the margina ...
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Gossen Prize The Gossen Prize is an annual award given by the Verein für Socialpolitik to German-speaking economists under the age of 45 whose work gained international recognition. The jury—the extended committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik—especiall ...
Other
* Gossen, dative form of
Gossa, a Norwegian island
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Gossen IL
Gossen Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Aukra. It has sections for association football, handball and volleyball.
The club was founded as a merger of ''Sør-Gossen FK'' and ''Nord-Gossen IL'' in 1967.
The men's football team plays in ...
, a sports club from Gossa
See also
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Franz Müller-Gossen (1871–1946), German painter
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Gosen (disambiguation)
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