The welfare interpretation of consumer equivalence scales
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- Bruce Bradbury, 2001. "The Welfare Interpretation of Consumer Equivalence Scales," CEPR Discussion Papers 426, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
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