Author:Robert Giffen

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Robert Giffen (1837–1910)

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Scottish statistician and economist

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This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "R. Gn."

Works

• Essays on Finance
• "Bagehot, Walter," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Balance of Trade," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Taxation," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• "The Progress of the Working-Classes in the Last Half-Century" in Popular Science Monthly, 25 (May 1884)
• "The Gross and Net Gain of Rising Wages" in Popular Science Monthly, 36 (March 1890)
• "The Importance of General Statistical Ideas" in Popular Science Monthly, 60 (December 1901)

Works about Giffen

• "Giffen, Sir Robert," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Giffen, Robert," in Dictionary of National Biography Second Supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1912) in 3 vols.