Nicolas-François Canard

Nicolas-François Canard (French: [kanaʁ]; c. 1750 – 1833) was a French mathematician, philosopher and economist. He was one of the pioneers of applying mathematics to economic problems, foreshadowing the works of Antoine Augustin Cournot, William Stanley Jevons, and others.

Further reading

• Larson, Bruce (1999). "Canard on Direct Exchange and Taxation: A Perspective on Cournot". History of Political Economy. 31 (1): 109–131. doi:10.1215/00182702-31-1-109.

External links

• Nicolas-François Canard, 1750-1833 at the Wayback Machine (archived April 29, 2009)
• Works by Nicolas-François Canard at Google Books