Pigouvian

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adjective

Of or relating to Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877–1959), English economist.

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Meanings

adjectivePigouvian (not comparable)

alternative Pigovian

  1. not comparableOf or relating to Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877–1959), English economist.

    This steady state distortion could be eliminated by appealing to a constant Pigouvian subsidy to labor, as is commonplace in the New Keynesian literature on optimal monetary policy.

    2023, Eric Sims, Jing Cynthia Wu, Ji Zhang, “The Four-Equation New Keynesian Model”, in The Review of Economics and Statistics, volume 105, number 4, →DOI, (online appendix D), pages 931–947

Origin

From Pigou + -v- + -ian.

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Translations

Finnish haitta- (see haittavero)
  • haitta- (see haittavero)Translations
German Pigou-
  • Pigou-Translations
Swedish pigouviansk
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APA

Pigouvian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pigouvian

MLA

“Pigouvian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pigouvian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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