COSSA

cossa, luigi (1831-1896), italian economist, was born at milan on the 27th of may 1831. educated at the universities of pavia, vienna and leipzig, he was appointed professor of political economy at pavia in 1858. he died at pavia on the 10th of may 1896. cossa was the author of several works which established for him a high reputation; including _scienza delle finanze_ (1875, english translation 1888 under title _taxation, its principles and methods_); _guida allo studio dell' economia politica_ (1876, english translation 1880), an admirable compendium of the theoretical preliminaries of economics, with a brief critical history of the science and an excellent bibliography; _introduzione allo studio dell' economia politica_, (1876, english translation by l. dyer, 1893); and _saggi di economia politica_, 1878.