Luigi Cossa

Luigi Cossa (May 27, 1831 – May 10, 1896), Italian economist, was born in Milan.

Life

Educated at the universities of Pavia, Vienna and Leipzig, he was appointed professor of political economy at Pavia in 1858. Apart from this Cossa was the author of several other works which established him a high reputation.[1]

Major works
Primi elementi di scienza delle finanze, 1905
  • 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 Stanley Jevons), 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
  1. Chisholm 1911.
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References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cossa, Luigi". Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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