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Jules Dupuit and the 'Ingénieurs Économistes'

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  • Claire Silvant

    (TRIANGLE - Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure 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, UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2)

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"This chapter is devoted to the major contribution of Jules Dupuit (1804–1866), a renowned engineer-economist, to economic analysis. Dupuit is at the origin of a path-breaking reflection on the measurement of utility, which he mainly applied to issues of public economics (economic calculation for public works, optimal pricing for infrastructures). His conception of public utility and "surplus", in particular, based on the consideration of deadweight loss in case of price variation, profoundly changed both the subsequent analysis and the practice of economic calculation. He also introduced major theoretical developments in the analysis of taxation, price discrimination and monopoly. The chapter concludes with an examination of Dupuit's lesser-known contributions to political economy, concerning such issues as property rights, freedom of trade and demography."

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  • Claire Silvant, 2023. "Jules Dupuit and the 'Ingénieurs Économistes'," Post-Print halshs-04287762, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-04287762
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