James A. Mirrlees
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James A. Mirrlees was a Scottish economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the theory of incentives and asymmetric information in economic policy.
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| James A. Mirrlees canonical | 1 |
| Sir James Mirrlees | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Economics
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Knight Bachelor
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Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ Nobel Prize in Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Peter A. Diamond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Scotland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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| educatedAt |
Trinity College, Cambridge
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| employer |
Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Nuffield College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ
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University of Cambridge
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Mirrlees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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information economics ⓘ optimal taxation ⓘ public economics ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Mirrlees model of optimal income taxation
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asymmetric information in economic policy ⓘ theory of incentives ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British Academy
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Econometric Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Society of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | James A. Mirrlees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeDiscipline | Economic Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
incentive-compatible mechanism design in taxation
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optimal income tax theory ⓘ |
| notableWork | An Exploration in the Theory of Optimum Income Taxation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Distinguished Professor-at-Large at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Edgeworth Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith | William Vickrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Sir James Mirrlees