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Sato's insight on the relationship between the Frisch 'parameter' and the average elasticity of substitution

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This short note demonstrates that Sato's 1972 insight concerning the equivalence between Frisch's 'money flexibility' parameter and the average elasticity of substitution among commodities needs to be modified if it is to be applied to non-homothetic utility functions. Fortunately the modification is easily implemented.
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  • Powell, Alan A., 1992. "Sato's insight on the relationship between the Frisch 'parameter' and the average elasticity of substitution," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 40(2), pages 173-175, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:40:y:1992:i:2:p:173-175
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    1. Nisha Agrawal & Alan A. Powell, 1992. "MAIDS Under Additive Preferences: Some Early Estimates," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Ronald Bewley & Tran Hoa (ed.), Contributions to Consumer Demand and Econometrics, chapter 1, pages 3-23, Palgrave Macmillan.
    2. Sato, Kazuo, 1972. "Additive Utility Functions with Double-Log Consumer Demand Functions," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 80(1), pages 102-124, Jan.-Feb..
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