Lucasian

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/luːˈkeɪziən/

adjective

Of or pertaining to American economist Robert Lucas Jr.

“In 1979, Stephen Hawking became the Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge, one of Britain’s most distinguished chairs, and one formerly held by Isaac Newton.”

Scrabble 10

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adjectiveLucasian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableeconomicsOf or pertaining to American economist Robert Lucas Jr.

    Lucas is the intellectual leader of this approach, which I shall refer to as Lucasian.

    1982, Frank Hahn, Monetary and Inflation, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, page 35
    1 more example

    Since alternative [microfoundational] programs are not addressed here, I will simply use the word “microfoundations” instead of “Lucasian microfoundations” or “representative agent microfoundations”.

    2020, Francesco Sergi, “The Standard Narrative about DSGE Models in Central Banks’ Technical Reports”, in The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, number 27, pages 163-193
  2. not comparablemathematicsOf or pertaining to Henry Lucas (c. 1610–1663), Member of Parliament for Cambridge University and founder of the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics.

    In 1979, Stephen Hawking became the Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge, one of Britain’s most distinguished chairs, and one formerly held by Isaac Newton.

  3. not comparablerareOf or pertaining to the American filmmaker George Lucas, known for his blockbuster space opera films.

    He was looking down at our seven-pound lump of innocence, his mind unblemished by Lucasian mythology. "Can you believe he doesn't know about Star Wars yet?"

    2002, Heather B. Armstrong, Things I Learned about My Dad
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    In the Lucasian spectacle of carefully programmed digitalized effects, as little as possible is left to chance, to the contingencies of real life, and to the vagaries and verities of the recorded image.

    2013, Joel Black, The Reality Effect: Film Culture and the Graphic Imperative
nounLucasian (plural Lucasians)

plural Lucasians

  1. economicsA follower of the theories of American economist Robert Lucas Jr.

    In this, I have probably devoted too much attention to the economists whom I label Lucasians […]

    1982, Frank Hahn, Monetary and Inflation, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, page x

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Chinese Mandarin 盧卡斯的 /卢卡斯的
  • 盧卡斯的 /卢卡斯的 (Lúkǎsī de)pertaining to Henry Lucas
Finnish Lucas-
  • Lucas-pertaining to Henry Lucas
Portuguese lucasiano
  • lucasianopertaining to Henry Lucas

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