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Böhm-Bawerk, Eugen von
© Copyright Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, detail of the 100-Schilling note of 1984 Böhm-Bawerk, Eugen von, b. Brno, Czech Republic (then Brünn), Feb. 12, 1851, d. Kramsach (Tyrol), Aug. 27, 1914, important political economist. University professor in Innsbruck and Vienna, 1911-1914 president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Together with K. Menger von Wolfensgrün and F. Wieser founded the Austrian school of political economy (Marginal Utility Theory ), developed the agio theory of interest. As Minister of Finance he introduced progressive income tax. Works: Kapital und Kapitalzins, 2 vols., 1889; Ges. Schriften, ed. by F. X. Weiß, 2 vols., 1926. Literature: S. Tomo, E. v. B.-B., 1994; B. Schefold, E. v. B.-B.: Endeckungen und Irrtümer in der Geschichte der Zinstheorien, 1994; ÖBL.
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