Pigouvian

English

Etymology

From Pigou +‎ -v- +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Pigouvian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), English economist.
   • 2023, Eric Sims, Jing Cynthia Wu, and Ji Zhang, The Four-Equation New Keynesian Model, The Review of Economics and Statistics 105(4), pp. 931--947 (online appendix D)

     This steady state distortion could be eliminated by appealing to a constant Pigouvian subsidy to labor, as is commonplace in the New Keynesian literature on optimal monetary policy.

Alternative forms

• Pigovian

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: haitta- (fi) (see haittavero)
• German: Pigou-
• Swedish: pigouviansk (sv)

Further reading

• Pigovian tax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia