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Welfare variations and the comparative statics of demand

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By employing order-theoretic comparative statics, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions on the direct utility function (alternatively, on the indirect utility function) to guarantee that the compensating and equivalent variations are monotonically increasing in income. We also show that these conditions are sufficient to guarantee normal demand. Our results do not depend on the smoothness or strict quasiconcavity of the utility function, and can be extended to a setting with non-linear prices. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2013

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  • Koji Shirai, 2013. "Welfare variations and the comparative statics of demand," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 53(2), pages 315-333, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:53:y:2013:i:2:p:315-333
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-011-0681-z
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    Keywords

    Monotone comparative statics; Equivalent variation; Compensating variation; Complementarity; Value order; Indirect utility; D11; C61;
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    JEL classification:

    • D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis

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