Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2015, 23(3):67-75 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.477

Half-Forgotten Personalities of Economic Thought - A. A. Cournot

Pavel Sirůček
VŠE v Praze, Fakulta podnikohospodářská (email: sirucek@vse.cz).

Cournot was a French mathematician, philosopher and economist, said to be one of the most important predecessors of neoclassical economic theory. He belongs among the pioneers in econometrics and mathematical economics. He is also highlighted for creation of market prices, the demand function and the basis for marginalist firm theory. He was unacknowledged in his lifetime.

Keywords: A. A. Cournot, predecessors of neoclassical economics, microeconomics, mathematical economics
JEL classification: B16, B41, C02, D00

Published: June 1, 2015  Show citation

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Sirůček, P. (2015). Half-Forgotten Personalities of Economic Thought - A. A. Cournot. Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 23(3), 67-75. doi: 10.18267/j.aop.477
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