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Sir James Mirrlees
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| Born | 5 July 1936 Minnigaff, Scotland
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| Died | 29 August 2018 (aged 82) Cambridge, England
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| Nationality | British |
| Institution | Chinese University of Hong Kong Oxford University University of Cambridge |
| Field | Political economics |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor |
Richard Stone |
| Doctoral students |
Partha Dasgupta Nicholas Stern Peter J. Hammond Franklin Allen Barry Nalebuff Huw Dixon Anthony Venables John Vickers Alan Manning Gareth Myles Paul Seabright Hyun-Song Shin Zhang Weiying |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1996) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Sir James Alexander Mirrlees FRSE FBA (born 5 July 1936 – died 29 August 2018) was a smart Scottish economist. He won the famous 1996 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. This award is given for important work in economics. He was also made a knight in 1997. This means he received a special honor from the British Queen.
Sir James Mirrlees passed away on 29 August 2018. He was 82 years old. He died in Cambridge, England.
See also
In Spanish: James Mirrlees para niños
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