----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- An important figure in this context is the French civil engineer Arsene Jules Etienne Juvenal Dupuit (1804-1866), who pioneered the cost-benefit analysis of public works. An early example is his article on the Measurement of the Utility of Public Works of 1844. Dupuit influenced both Walras and Marshall. See particularly: Ekelund, Robert (1971). "Economic Empiricism in the Writings of Early Railway Engineers," Explorations in Economic History, 9: 180-196. Ekelund, Robert B. Jr. and William P. Gramm. (1970). "Early French Contributions to Marshallian Demand Theory," Southern Economic Journal, 36: 277-286. Ekelund, Robert B. Jr. and Robert F. Hebért. (1978). "French Engineers, Welfare Economics and Public Finance in the Nineteenth Century," History of Political Economy, 10: 636-668. Thomas Moser ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]