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Roland P. Falkner, 1866-1940.

American "new generation" economist and statistician at the University of Pennsylvania.

Roland Post Falkner originated from Bridgeport, Connecticut.  After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Roland P. Falkner took an academic tour of Germany, studying in Berlin, Leipzig and Halle, where he came under the influence of the German Historical school.  Having received his doctorate from Halle, Falkner returned to the United States and was appointed instructor in accounting and statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  With Penn economics then under the dominance of  Edmund J. James and Simon Nelson Patten, Falkner carved out a niche for himself in empirical work, being appointed associate professor of statistics in 1891, possibly the first professor to hold a title in the field in the US.

Roland P. Falkner as heavily involved with the Penn-centered American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) serving as the editor of its Annals to 1900.

 

  

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Major Works of Roland P. Falkner

  • "The International Criminal Law Association",  1890, AAPSS (Jul), p.159 [js]
  • "Review of K. Bucher's Die Bevölkerung des Kantons Basel-Stadt", 1890, AAPSS (Oct), p.312 [js]
  • (Trans.) "History, Theory and Technique of Statistics by August Meitzen", 1891 AAPSS , "Part 1 - History of Statistics"  (Supp - Mar 91) [p.1, js];  "Part 2 - Theory and Technique of Statistics (Supp - May 91) [p.101, js]
  • "Academic instruction in political and economic science in Italy",  1891, AAPSS (Apr), p.635 [js]
  • "Direct Taxes as a Source of Early Federal Revenue", 1891, Pub AEA, (Jan-Mar), p.85 [js] (abstract & discussion)
  • "Review of CC Plehn's Das Kreditwesen der Staaten und Städte der Nordameri-kanischen Union, in seiner historischen Entwickelung, 1892, AAPSS (May), p.118 [js]
  • "Statistical Work of the Year", 1893, Pub AEA (Jan), p.104 [js]
  • "The Measurement of Price Movements (abstract & discussion)", 1893, Pub AEA, (Jan) p.108 [js]
  • "Review of Mayo-Smith's Statistics and Sociology", 1896, AAPSS, (Jan) p.131 [js]
  • Report of Committee on a Permanent Census Bureau" (abstract), 1897, AEA Econ Studies (Feb),  p.67
  • "Crime and the Census", (abstract)  1897, AEA Econ Studies (Feb),  p.80
  • "In Memoriam. Francis Amasa Walker", 1897, AAPSS (Mar) p.1 [js]
  • "The Development of the Census", 1898, AAPSS, (Jul) p.34 [js]
  • "Report of the Committee on the Scope and Method of the Twelfth Census (with abstracts)", 1899, AEA Econ Studies (Feb), p.45  (committee: W.F. Willcox, R. Mayo-Smith, C.D. Wright, R.P. Falkner & DR Dewey)
  • "Report of the Committee on the Scope and Method of the Twelfth Census", 1899, Pub AEA (ns 2, Mar), p.1 [js]{av]
  • "Statistics of Crime in the United States Census",1899, Pub AEA (ns 2, Mar), p.170 [js]
  • "Review of Mayo-Smith's Statistics and Economics", 1900, AAPSS (Jan), p.108 [js]
  • "The Currency Law of 1900", 1900, AAPSS (Jul), p.33 [js]
  •  "Finances of British Possessions in South Africa", 1900, Pub AEA, (Aug)  p.217 [js]
  • "Editorial - on resignation of Edmund J. James from AAPSS", 1901, AAPSS (Mar)  p.107 [js]

 
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Resources on  Roland Falkner

  • Notice of Falkner's appointment in Penn [1891, AAPSS (Jul),  p.109], to US monetary commission[1893 (Jan)  p.118],
  • Notice of Falkner's resignation from AAPSS (1901, (Jan), p.92), to Library of Congress (p.102)
  • Wikipedia
 
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