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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 .
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1996 was awarded jointly to James A. Mirrlees and William Vickrey "for their fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information"
James A. Mirrlees. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1996. Born: 5 July 1936, Minnigaff, Scotland. Died: 29 August 2018, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Aug 29, 2018 · James Mirrlees (born July 5, 1936, Minnigaff, Scotland—died August 29, 2018, Cambridge, England) was a Scottish economist known for his analytic research on economic incentives in situations involving incomplete, or asymmetrical, information.
Sir James Mirrlees's work in microeconomics is world-renowned. During the 1960s and 1970s he worked on the theory of public economic policy which would eventually earn him the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1996 for his pathbreaking work on the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information.
Curriculum Vitae. Birth: 5 July 1936, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Civil Status: Married, 1961-1993, two children. Education. 1941-54. Primary School and Douglas Ewart High School.
Jan 25, 2019 · Sir James Mirrlees, co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, passed away in August 2018. This column outlines how his work has transformed economists’ understanding of their discipline – from the principles of tax design to the theory of contracts and beyond.
