Assessments of A. C. Pigou’s Fellowship Theses

Bibliographic Data

ID7448200
AuthorsMichael Mclure (0000-0003-1479-8343, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume45
Issue2
Pages255-285
Publication date2013-05-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory of Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-2702 • E-ISSN: 1527-1919
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00182702-2082703
OpenAlexW2151959506
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited24

This study reports on the light that documents stored in the Archive Centre at King's College, Cambridge, shed on A. C. Pigou's fellowship theses. Particular consideration is given to Walter Alexander Raleigh's and Brooke Foss Westcott's assessments of Pigou's first, and unsuccessful, fellowship thesis titled ``Robert Browning as a Religious Teacher'' and to Alfred Marshall's and Herbert Foxwell's assessments of Pigou's second, and successful, fellowship thesis titled ``The Causes and Effects of Change in the Relative Values of Agricultural Produce in the United Kingdom during the Last Fifty Years.'' The principal findings of the study are as follows: Pigou's first thesis is more important to his subsequent and famous studies on wealth and welfare than is generally appreciated; and the assessors' diverse reactions to his second thesis largely reflect their different views on the scope for applying economic theory to reveal insights into concrete economic events that have taken place over time

Economics · Keynesian economics · Pigou effect · Political science · Principal (computer security · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Welfare · Computer Science · Economic Theory and Institutions · Economic Theory and Policy · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law

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