The expected consumer's surplus as a welfare measure

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-288

  Stennek, Johan ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer's surplus; D11; D6; D8; Ex ante compensating variation; Price variability; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042214329     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00007-9     Document Type: Article

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