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Hicksian

Hicksian adjective: of or relating to John Hicks (1904–1989), British economist.

Adjective

Hicksian (comparative more Hicksian, superlative most Hicksian)

  1. Of or relating to John Hicks (1904–1989), British economist.
    • An important property of Hicksian demand is that it satisfies the compensated law of demand: Demand and price move in opposite directions for price changes that are accompanied by Hicksian wealth compensation.1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 62
    • This concept is sometimes referred to as a “Hicksian” measure – hence the H superscript – as a similar notion was discussed by J. R. Hicks in chapter XIV of Value and Capital (1946).2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, page 59

Antonyms of Hicksian

Forms of Hicksian

comparativemore Hicksian
superlativemost Hicksian

Origin of Hicksian

From Hicks + -ian.

Questions about Hicksian

What does Hicksian mean?
Hicksian means of or relating to John Hicks (1904–1989), British economist.
What part of speech is Hicksian?
Hicksian is an adjective.

Words near Hicksian in the dictionary

  1. Hickox
  2. Hickoxes
  3. hickry
  4. hicks
  5. Hickses
  6. Hicksian
  7. Hicksism
  8. Hicksite
  9. Hicksites
  10. Hickson
  11. Hickson compact group

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