The welfare loss associated to characteristics of the goods: Application to housing policy

Empirical Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-323

  Bilbao, Celia ^a   Bilbao, Amelia ^a   Labeaga, José M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hedonic prices; Heterogeneous good; Housing; Quadratic demand model; Rationing; Welfare loss

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING POLICY; PRICE DETERMINATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 77951099641     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-009-0267-9     Document Type: Article

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