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Welfare Measurement and Representative Consumer Theory

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  • Smith, V. Kerry
  • Von Haefen, Roger

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This paper generalizes results from Anderson, De Palma, and Thisse [1992] linking individual random utility and aggregate representative individual demand models, to consider a comparable relation for the willingness to pay functions for quality attributes of marketed goods. It also suggests how the logic can be used to describe links between choice occasion and aggregate models (across occasions) for an individual.

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  • Smith, V. Kerry & Von Haefen, Roger, 1997. "Welfare Measurement and Representative Consumer Theory," RFF Working Paper Series dp-97-32, Resources for the Future.
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    6. ANDERSON, Simon P. & de PALMA, André & THISSE, Jacques-François, 1992. "Interpretations of the logit discrete choice models and the theory of product differentiation," LIDAM Reprints CORE 1017, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
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    1. J-D Lee & A Repkine & S-W Hwang & T-Y Kim, 2004. "Estimating consumers' willingness to pay for individual quality attributes with DEA," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 55(10), pages 1064-1070, October.
    2. Smith, V. Kerry, 2000. "JEEM and Non-market Valuation: 1974-1998," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 39(3), pages 351-374, May.

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