Is perfect price discrimination really efficient?: Welfare and existence in general equilibrium

Econometrica

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 897-922

  Edlin, Aaron S ^a   Epelbaum, Mario ^a   Heller, Walter P ^a  

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Author keywords

General equilibrium; Price discrimination; Regulation; Surplus maximization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346856924     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2999577     Document Type: Article

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