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Sums and Products of Indirect Utility Functions

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  • Denis Conniffe

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There are relatively few known demand systems that are theoretically satisfactory and practically implementable. This paper considers the possibility of deriving more complex demand systems from simpler known ones by considering sums and products of the component indirect utility functions, an approach that does not seem to have been exploited previously in the literature. While not all sums and products of valid utility functions need yield new valid utility functions, it is possible to usefully extend the range of available utility functions. Some of the demand systems that result are interesting and potentially useful - the simpler (in a parameter parsimony sense) for applied general equilibrium studies and for theoretical explication, while more complex systems have potential for the analysis of real world consumption data.

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  • Denis Conniffe, 2002. "Sums and Products of Indirect Utility Functions," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 33(3), pages 285-295.
    • Handle: RePEc:eso:journl:v:33:y:2002:i:3:p:285-295
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    1. Conniffe, Denis, 2008. "Generalised Means of Simple Utility Functions with Risk Aversion," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 39(1), pages 1-12.
    2. Prof. Denis Conniffe, 2002. "A New System of Consumer Demand Equations," NIRSA Working Paper Series 4, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), NUI Maynooth, Ireland..
    3. Denis Conniffe, 2004. "Generalised Translation of Indirect Utility Functions," Economics Department Working Paper Series n1390804, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth.
    4. Denis Conniffe, 2006. "Indirect addilog translation of indirect utility functions," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 39(4), pages 1388-1397, November.
    5. Conniffe, D., 2002. "A New System of Consumer Demand Equations," Economics Department Working Paper Series n1140402, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth.

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