Compensating the compensating variation
Guerra Hernandez, Ana Isabel
Sancho Pifarré, Ferran

Imprint: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica, 2017
Description: 4 p.
Abstract: The message of this note is that in a general equilibrium setting the compensating variation is numéraire dependent. In contrast, the equivalent variation is neutral regarding the choice of value units. We illustrate with a simple example and propose an even simpler solution to overcome this bias in the compensating variation; all that is required to have a correct welfare estimate is to compensate the compensating variation by normalization with a price index. This type of correction is necessary to overcome the often blind implementation of welfare measures in numerical general equilibrium.
Grants: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación ECO2014-52506R
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Language: Anglès
Series: Working papers ; 961.17
Document: Working paper
Subject: Microeconomia ; Compensating variation ; Equivalent variation ; Konüs index ; Computable general equilibrium



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