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Ramsey pricing: a simple example of a subordinate commodity

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  • Paolo Bertoletti

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We present preferences exhibiting a so-called subordinate good, namely a commodity that receives a negative price-cost margin according to Ramsey pricing. We also show that they deliver Ramsey quantities proportional to the efficient ones.

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  • Paolo Bertoletti, 2021. "Ramsey pricing: a simple example of a subordinate commodity," Working Papers 459, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Subordinate Commodity; Negative Price-Cost Margin; Ramsey Pricing;
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    JEL classification:

    • D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis

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