Clément Colson
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Clément Colson (13 November 1853 – 24 March 1939) was a French political economist.[1][2][3][4] He was born in Versailles and died in Paris.[5] Colson was honorary president of the Société d'économie politique from 1929 to 1933.[6]
Colson was trained as an engineer and became Inspecteur-général des ponts et chaussées.[4] He lectured on political economy at Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole des ponts et chaussées, and Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques.[4] His lectures were public in book form which brought him public notice.[4] He made contributions to statistical techniques in economics.[4] His first book was on transport statistics.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Rueff, Jacques (1939). "Clément Colson". Revue d'économie politique. 53 (2): 814–816. ISSN 0373-2630.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d e f "Clément-Léon Colson". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. 1939.
- ^ Roy, René (1940). "Clément Colson". Econometrica. 8 (3): 193–198. doi:10.2307/1909098. ISSN 0012-9682.
- ^ Le Temps, 26 mars 1939
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