Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman
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Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman (April 25, 1861 – July 8, 1939), was an American
economist
.
, a son of Joseph Seligman
, a banker. He was educated at Columbia University
, where he graduated in 1879. After studying for three years at the universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, Geneva, and Paris, he took postgraduate courses at Columbia between 1882 and 1884, and in the latter year received the degrees of LL.B. and Ph.D.
He became lecturer at Columbia University
in 1885. He was made an adjunct professor of political economy
in 1888. He became McVickar professor of political economy in the same university in 1904.
from 1886, and also edited Columbia's series in history, economics, and public law from 1890. Among his publications are:
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economist
Economist
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.
Biography
He was born in New York CityNew York City
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, a son of Joseph Seligman
Joseph Seligman
Joseph Seligman was a prominent U.S. banker, and businessman. He has been described as a "robber baron". He was born in Baiersdorf, Germany, emigrating to the United States when he was 18. With his brothers, he started a bank, J. & W. Seligman & Co., with branches in New York, San Francisco, New...
, a banker. He was educated at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, where he graduated in 1879. After studying for three years at the universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, Geneva, and Paris, he took postgraduate courses at Columbia between 1882 and 1884, and in the latter year received the degrees of LL.B. and Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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He became lecturer at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 1885. He was made an adjunct professor of political economy
Political economy
Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
in 1888. He became McVickar professor of political economy in the same university in 1904.
Publications
He was one of the editors of the Political Science QuarterlyPolitical Science Quarterly
Political Science Quarterly is an American scholarly journal covering government, politics and policy, published continuously since 1886 by the Academy of Political Science. It is the oldest political science journal in the United States....
from 1886, and also edited Columbia's series in history, economics, and public law from 1890. Among his publications are:
- Railway Tariffs (1887)
- The Shifting and Incidence of Taxation (1892; 3rd ed., 1910)
- Progressive Taxation in Theory and Practice (1894; 2nd ed. 1908)
- Economic Interpretation of History (1902; 2nd ed. 1907)
- "On Some Neglected British Economists" (1903), EJEconomic journalThe Economic Journal is one of the leading scholarly journals of economics. It is published on behalf of the Royal Economic Society by Wiley-Blackwell....
, reprinted in Essays in Economics (1925) - Principles of Economics (1907).
- "Economists", Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907
- The Income Tax, 1911.
- "Recent Reports on State and Local Taxation", 1911, AERAmerican Economic ReviewThe American Economic Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal of economics publishing seven issues annually by the American Economic Association. First published in 1911, it is considered one of the most prestigious journals in the field. The current editor-in-chief is Penny Goldberg . The...
- "Tax Exemption Through Tax Capitalization: A Reply", 1916, AER
- "Who is the Twentieth Century Mandeville?", 1918, AER
- "Are Stock Dividends Income?", 1919, AER
- "The Cost of the War and How It Was Met", 1919, AER
- Studies in Public Finance, 1925.
- Essays in Economics, 1925.