Curvature and the elasticity of substitution: Straightening it out

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-34

  De La Grandville, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Curvature; Efficiency; Elasticity of substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042875026     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01231465     Document Type: Article

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