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Mirrlees +‎ -ian

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Mirrleesian (comparative more Mirrleesian, superlative most Mirrleesian)

  1. (economics) Of or relating to James Mirrlees (1936–2018), Scottish economist.
    • 2017, Helmuth Cremer and Firouz Gahvari, “Restoring Ramsey tax lessons to Mirrleesian tax settings: Atkinson-Stiglitz and Ramsey reconciled”, in Social Choice and Welfare, volume 49, page 12:
      The Mirrleesian approach posed a serious challenge to the Ramsey tax framework and the lessons drawn from it.