Nonparametric Welfare Analysis

Exact consumer's surplus and deadweight loss are the most widely used welfare and economic efficiency measures. These measures can be computed from demand functions in straightforward ways. Nonparametric estimation can be used to estimate the welfare measures. In doing so, it seems important to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hausman, Jerry A, Newey, Whitney K
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Published: Annual Reviews 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114158
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