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Measuring consumerwelfareinthe CPU market: anapplication of the pure‐characteristics demand model

Measuring consumerwelfareinthe CPU market: anapplication of the pure‐characteristics demand model In this article, I estimate demand for the personal computer central processing unit and measure consumer welfare using the pure characteristics demand model. The model is based on a quasilinear utility function with multiplicative random variables and does not have the idiosyncratic logit error term, so that consumer welfare directly reflects consumers' valuation of product characteristics. Welfare calculations show that consumer surplus comprises approximately 90% of total social surplus and that large welfare gains have resulted from the introduction of new products. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Rand Journal of Economics Wiley

Measuring consumerwelfareinthe CPU market: anapplication of the pure‐characteristics demand model

The Rand Journal of Economics , Volume 38 (2) – Jun 1, 2007

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
2007 RAND
ISSN
0741-6261
eISSN
1756-2171
DOI
10.1111/j.1756-2171.2007.tb00076.x
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Abstract

In this article, I estimate demand for the personal computer central processing unit and measure consumer welfare using the pure characteristics demand model. The model is based on a quasilinear utility function with multiplicative random variables and does not have the idiosyncratic logit error term, so that consumer welfare directly reflects consumers' valuation of product characteristics. Welfare calculations show that consumer surplus comprises approximately 90% of total social surplus and that large welfare gains have resulted from the introduction of new products.

Journal

The Rand Journal of EconomicsWiley

Published: Jun 1, 2007

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