Clément Colson and the Development of the Mathematical Economics and Statistics in France

Clément Colson et le développement de l'économie mathématique et de la statistique en France

Joachim Paoli ()
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Joachim Paoli: TRIANGLE - Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - IEP Lyon - Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The aim of the paper is to analyse the role of Clement Colson in the development of economic calculus in France. First of all this study demonstrates that he is one of the few French liberal economists of the early 20th century to use mathematics. Then this article shows that he is one of the pioneers of the use of statistics in economics. Finally, his simultaneous use of statistics and mathematics allows to consider him as an author facilitating the first project of econometrics diffusion in France.

Keywords: Clément Colson; economists engineers; History of economic calculus; history of national accounting; History of econometrics; Ingénieurs économistes; Histoire du calcul économique; Histoire de la comptabilité nationale; Histoire de l'économétrie; Histoire de la pensée économique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Published in Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique, 2018, 2018/2 (6), pp.141-168. ⟨10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-08759-5.p.0141⟩

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DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-08759-5.p.0141

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