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The decline of the marginal utility of the guilder, 1952–1977

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The annual change in the marginal utility of the guilder is numerically specified, together with its two components: the real-income and the price level components.

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  1. University of Florida, 32611, Gainesville, FL

    Renate Finke

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  1. Henri Theil
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Research supported in part by the McKethan-Matherly Eminent Scholar Chair, University of Florida, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation).

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Theil, H., Finke, R. The decline of the marginal utility of the guilder, 1952–1977. De Economist 132, 497–502 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02380347

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