Hicksian

English

Etymology

From Hicks +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Hicksian (comparative more Hicksian, superlative most Hicksian)

1. (economics) Of or relating to John Hicks (1904–1989), British economist.
   • 1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 62:

     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.

   • 2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, p. 59

     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).

Antonyms

• Slutskian

Anagrams

• chainiks