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Mirrleesian

Mirrleesian adjective: of or relating to James Mirrlees (1936–2018), Scottish economist.

Adjective

Mirrleesian (comparative more Mirrleesian, superlative most Mirrleesian)

  1. Of or relating to James Mirrlees (1936–2018), Scottish economist.
    • The Mirrleesian approach posed a serious challenge to the Ramsey tax framework and the lessons drawn from it.2017, Helmuth Cremer, Firouz Gahvari, “Restoring Ramsey tax lessons to Mirrleesian tax settings: Atkinson-Stiglitz and Ramsey reconciled”, in Social Choice and Welfare, volume 49, page 12
    • Most of the papers on Mirrleesian optimal taxation have a theoretical focus and devote relatively little space to discussing how to produce an accurate numerical solution to the Mirrlees problem.2025 January 15, Jonathan Heathcote, Hitoshi Tsujiyama, “Practical Optimal Income Taxation”, in CEPR Discussion Papers, number 19857, page 1

Forms of Mirrleesian

comparativemore Mirrleesian
superlativemost Mirrleesian

Origin of Mirrleesian

From Mirrlees + -ian.

Questions about Mirrleesian

What does Mirrleesian mean?
Mirrleesian means of or relating to James Mirrlees (1936–2018), Scottish economist.
What part of speech is Mirrleesian?
Mirrleesian is an adjective.

Words near Mirrleesian in the dictionary

  1. Mirras
  2. Mirren
  3. mirrie dancers
  4. Mirrlees
  5. Mirrleeses
  6. Mirrleesian
  7. Mirrlesian
  8. mirrnyong
  9. mirrnyongs
  10. Mirrool
  11. mirror

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