Professor sir james mirrlees developed an interest in chinese economic development in the 1980s when he was involved in the establishment of the chinese economic association in britain . his research interests have involved growth theory and the theory of contracts . more recently his research has focused on welfare economics , contract theory , public finance and development economics 莫理斯爵士于1980年代在英国参与中国经济学会创立，并对中国经济发展产生浓厚兴趣，他的研究范畴包括：增长理论及合约理论，近期专注研究福利主义经济公共财政合约理论及发展经济。
He has been fellow and president of the econometric society in britain ; a fellow of the british academy ; an honorary fellow of the royal society of edinburgh ; president of royal economic society ; president ( section f ) of the british association for the advancement of science ; a foreign associate of the us national academy of sciences ; and president of the european economic association 他曾先后成为英国计量学会院士及会长、英国人文社会科学院院士、爱丁堡皇家学会荣誉会员、皇家经济学会会员、英国科学促进会会长、美国科学院海外成员及欧洲经济学会会长。
