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Generating Globally Regular Indirect Utility Functions

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  • Denis Conniffe

    (Economics Department, National University of Ireland Maynooth)

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Despite their scarcity in the literature, an abundance of globally regular indirect utility functions, involving as many parameters as desired, exists. They are easily constructed as a function of simple homothetic component utilities.

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  • Denis Conniffe, 2004. "Generating Globally Regular Indirect Utility Functions," Economics Department Working Paper Series n1380804, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth.
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    2. Diewert, Walter E & Wales, Terence J, 1987. "Flexible Functional Forms and Global Curvature Conditions," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 55(1), pages 43-68, January.
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    1. Denis Conniffe, 2006. "Indirect addilog translation of indirect utility functions," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 39(4), pages 1388-1397, November.

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