Richard Musgrave (economist)

Richard Musgrave
Born(1910-12-14)December 14, 1910
DiedJanuary 15, 2007(2007-01-15) (aged 96)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan, UC Santa Cruz
Doctoral advisorAlvin Hansen

Richard Abel Musgrave (December 14, 1910 – January 15, 2007) was an American economist of German heritage.[1] His most cited work is The Theory of Public Finance (1959), described as "the first English-language treatise in the field,"[2] and "a major contribution to public finance thought."[3]

  1. ^ Peter Mieszkowski, updated by the editors, 2008. "Musgrave, Richard Abel (1910–2007)," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
  2. ^ Buchanan, James M. (1960). "The Theory of Public Finance". Southern Economic Journal. 26 (3): 234–238. doi:10.2307/1054956. JSTOR 1054956.
  3. ^ Shoup, Carl S. (1959). "The Theory of Public Finance: A Review Article," American Economic Review, 49(5): 1018-1029.