Luigi Cossa (May 27, 1831 – May 10, 1896),

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, was born in

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Life

Educated at the universities of

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and

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, he was appointed professor of

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at Pavia in 1858. Apart from this Cossa was the author of several other works which established him a high reputation.

Major works

*''Scienza delle Finanze'' (1875, English translation 1888: ''Taxation, its Principles and Methods'') *''Guida allo studio dell economia politica'' (1876, English translation 1880: ''Guide to the Study of Political Economy'', with an introduction by

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), a compendium of the theoretical preliminaries of economics, with a brief critical history of the science and an extensive bibliography *''Introduzione allo studio deli economia politica'' (1876, English translation by L Dyer, 1893: ''An Introduction to the Study of Political Economy'') *''Saggi di economia politica'', 1878.

Notes

References

Sources

* M. Blaug (ed.) - ''Who's who in economics'' (3d edition), 1999.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cossa, Luigi 1831 births 1896 deaths Italian economists Historians of economic thought