2007
DOI: 10.1257/jep.21.2.215
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Retrospectives: Edgeworth's Hedonimeter and the Quest to Measure Utility

Abstract: In this article, I discuss some earlier debates about the foundations of utility and its measurement, focusing on the contributions of Francis Y. Edgeworth (1845-1926), a famous British economist who was a leader in the development of a more mathematically structured economics in the late 1800s, and Irving Fisher (1867-1947), one of the first quantitative U.S. economists, best-known today for his work on the quantity theory and interest rate theory. Edgeworth argued that utility was directly measurable and tha… Show more

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“…Interest in happiness in economics arguably dates back to Francis Edgeworth's description of a hedonimeter to measure pleasure as a form of utility (Edgeworth 1881;Colander 2007). Recently, happiness has gained increased importance in both psychology and economics (e.g.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Interest in happiness in economics arguably dates back to Francis Edgeworth's description of a hedonimeter to measure pleasure as a form of utility (Edgeworth 1881;Colander 2007). Recently, happiness has gained increased importance in both psychology and economics (e.g.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1 Furthermore, he was extremely keen in incorporating the findings of psychophysics into the economic and utilitarian calculus (see also Collander, 2007). A good example in this respect, is…”
Section: Edgeworth's Methodological Idealmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Swoje maksimum użyteczność całkowita osiąga, gdy użyteczność marginalna jest równa zero. Dalsza konsumpcja danego dobra spowoduje spadek użytecz-ności całkowitej, natomiast użyteczność marginalna ma wartość ujemną 8 . Zasada ta znana jest również w naukach ekonomicznych jako pierwsze prawo Gossena.…”
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