Mirrleesian

English

Etymology

From Mirrlees +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Mirrleesian (comparative more Mirrleesian, superlative most Mirrleesian)

1. (economics) Of or relating to James Mirrlees (1936–2018), Scottish economist.
   • 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:

     The Mirrleesian approach posed a serious challenge to the Ramsey tax framework and the lessons drawn from it.

   • 2025 January 15, Jonathan Heathcote, Hitoshi Tsujiyama, “Practical Optimal Income Taxation”, in CEPR Discussion Papers, number 19857, page 1:

     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.