Consumers' surplus as an exact and superlative cardinal welfare indicator

International Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 105-119

  Chambers, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0346366251     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.00102     Document Type: Article

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