Individual Heterogeneity and Average Welfare

Individual heterogeneity is an important source of variation in demand. Allowing for general heterogeneity is needed for correct welfare comparisons. We consider general heterogeneous demand where preferences and linear budget sets are statistically independent. Only the marginal distribution of dem...

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Main Authors: Hausman, Jerry A (Contributor), Newey, Whitney K (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Econometric Society, 2018-03-20T19:47:04Z.
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