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Professor Mirrlees' Contribution to Economic Policy

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Lyn Squire ()

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This paper looks at Professor Mirlees' important contribution to the theory and practice of project evaluation. Despite the apparent relevance of this work to practical policy making, the approach has had only limited application. The paper explores why the Little-Mirrlees' technique of project evaluation has been less widely used than was initially anticipated. Given this disappointing use, the paper argues that Professor Mirrlees' main contribution to economic policy lay in the powerful support his work gave to trade liberalization. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1998

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Article provided by Springer in its journal International Tax and Public Finance.

Volume (Year): 5 (1998)
Issue (Month): 1 (February)
Pages: 83-91
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Keywords: Project evaluation; border prices;

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  1. Mirrlees, J. A. & Stern, N. H., 1972. "Fairly good plans," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 4(2), pages 268-288, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Stern, Nicholas H, 1972. "Optimum Development in a Dual Economy," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 39(2), pages 171-84, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Devarajan, Shantayanan & Squire, Lyn & Suthiwart-Narueput, Sethaput, 1997. "Beyond Rate of Return: Reorienting Project Appraisal," World Bank Research Observer, Oxford University Press, vol. 12(1), pages 35-46, February. [Downloadable!]
  4. Newbery, David M G, 1972. "Public Policy in the Dual Economy," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 82(326), pages 567-90, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Feyzioglu, Tarhan & Swaroop, Vinaya & Min Zhu, 1996. "Foreign aid's impact on public spending," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1610, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
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