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A Note on Generating Globally Regular Indirect Utility Functions

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  • Conniffe Denis

    (NUI Maynooth, denis.conniffe@may.ie)

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Despite their scarcity in the literature, an abundance of globally regular indirect utility functions, involving as many parameters as desired, exist and are easily constructed as a function of simple homothetic component utilities.

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  • Conniffe Denis, 2007. "A Note on Generating Globally Regular Indirect Utility Functions," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 7(1), pages 1-13, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejtec:v:7:y:2007:i:1:n:2
    DOI: 10.2202/1935-1704.1268
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    1. Caves, Douglas W & Christensen, Laurits R, 1980. "Global Properties of Flexible Functional Forms," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 70(3), pages 422-432, June.
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    3. Daniel McFadden, 2017. "Foundations of Welfare Economics and Product Market Applications," NBER Working Papers 23535, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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