Sobre las elasticidades constantes de la demanda

While the Slutsky matrix and duality theory have been used to establish that constant elasticity demand functions imply unitary income elasticities, zero cross-price elasticities and own-price elasticities equal to minus one, this note shows that these results can also be straightforwardly derived f...

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Auteur principal: Vázquez, Andrés
Format: Online
Langue:anglais
Éditeur: El Colegio de México, A.C. 1998
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Accès en ligne:https://estudioseconomicos.colmex.mx/index.php/economicos/article/view/240
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Estudios Económicos

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Résumé:While the Slutsky matrix and duality theory have been used to establish that constant elasticity demand functions imply unitary income elasticities, zero cross-price elasticities and own-price elasticities equal to minus one, this note shows that these results can also be straightforwardly derived from the simple assumption that demand functions satisfy the budget constraint with strict equality.