Emil Sax (8 February 1845 – 25 March 1927)[1] was an Austrian economist from Javorník, Austrian Silesia.[2]

He was professor of economics at the Charles University in Prague from 1879-93,[3] and after it was split in 1882, he first became Dean of the Law College and later Rector for the German Charles-Ferdinand University. As Rector he was also Virilist [de] ex-officio of the Bohemian Landtag [de], and he was an elected member of the Imperial Council (Austria) from 1879-85.[4] He died in Volosko, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[5]

Literary works

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  • "Die Wohnungszustände der arbeitenden Klassen und ihre Reform" (Vienna 1869);
  • "Der Neubau Wiens im Zusammenhang mit der Donauregulierung" (das. 1869);
  • "Über Lagerhäuser und Lagerscheine" (das. 1869);
  • "Die Ökonomik der Eisenbahnen" (das. 1870);
  • "Die Verkehrsmittel in Volks- und Staatswirtschaft" (das. 1878-79, 2 Bde.);
  • "Das Wesen und die Aufgaben der Nationalökonomie" (das. 1883);
  • "Grundlegung der theoretischen Staatswirtschaft" (das. 1887)

References

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  1. ^ Michael Pickhardt; Jordi Sardà Pons (2006). Perspectives on Competition in Transportation. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 221–. ISBN 978-3-8258-9670-6.
  2. ^ Eugen-Maria Schulak; Herbert Unterköfler (February 2011). The Austrian School of Economics: A History of Its Ideas, Ambassadors, and Institutions. Ludwig von Mises Institute. pp. 49–. ISBN 978-1-61016-498-6. Within the ranks of the Austrian School, Emil Sax occupied an original but now largely forgotten position.1 Just a few years younger ... Emil Sax was born in 1845 into a family of cloth manufacturers and civil servants from Javorník-Jánský vrch ...
  3. ^ Léon Walras; Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (1965). 1884-1897. North-Holland Publishing Company. pp. 186–. Emil Sax (1845-1927), Austrian economist, taught at the University of Prague 1879-93. As is seen in this letter, he elaborated a theory of public or welfare economics to complement the ordinary theory of individual economy.
  4. ^ J_rgen G. Backhaus (1 January 2005). The Elgar Companion to Law and Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 652–. ISBN 978-1-84542-550-0. Emil Sax, professor of economics at the German University of Prague from 1879 to 1893 and member of the Austrian parliament, tried to apply Austrian economic theory to politics, state and ...
  5. ^ Antonio Sergio Bessa (2014). Beyond the Supersquare: Art and Architecture in Latin America After Modernism. Fordham University Press. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-8232-6079-9.