The monotonicity of individual and market demand

Econometrica

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 911-930

  Quah, John K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Indirect utility; Law of demand; Marginal utility of income; Monotonic function; Substitution effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012752455     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0262.00141     Document Type: Article

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