Quality adjusted price indexes and the Willig condition

Economics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-48

  Smith, V Kerry ^a   Banzhaf, H Spencer ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Price indexes; Quality adjustment; Weak complementarity; Willig condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845528978     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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