James Mirrlees
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James Mirrlees was a Scottish economist who lived from 1936 to 2018 and made significant contributions to economic theory. His work matters because it advanced our understanding of how to design fair and efficient economic systems, particularly in areas like taxation and incentive structures.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1936-07-05 ) 5 July 1936, Minnigaff , Scotland
- Died
- 29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) (aged 82), Cambridge , England
- Education
- University of Edinburgh ( MA ), Trinity College, Cambridge ( PhD )
- Doctoral advisor
- Richard Stone
- Discipline
- Political economics
- Institutions
- Chinese University of Hong Kong , Oxford University , University of Cambridge
- Doctoral students
- Partha Dasgupta , Nicholas Stern , Peter J. Hammond , Franklin Allen , Barry Nalebuff , Geoffrey M. Heal , Huw Dixon , Anthony Venables , John Vickers , Alan Manning , Gareth Myles , Paul Seabright , Hyun-Song Shin , Zhang Weiying
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Sir James Alexander Mirrlees FRSE FBA (5 July 1936 – 29 August 2018) was a British economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was knighted in the 1997 Birthday Honours.
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1936 births2018 deaths20th-century British economists20th-century Scottish writers21st-century British economists21st-century Scottish writersAlumni of the University of EdinburghAlumni of Trinity College, CambridgeBritish Nobel laureatesChinese University of Hong KongEdgeworth Professors of EconomicsFellows of Nuffield College, Oxford