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Partial Equilibrium Welfare Analysis Under Uncertainty

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The role of (aggregate) expected consumer surplus as an efficiency measure is prominent in many fields which adopt the partial equilibrium framework under uncertainty.

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Hayashi, T. (2017). Partial Equilibrium Welfare Analysis Under Uncertainty . In: General Equilibrium Foundation of Partial Equilibrium Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56696-2_7

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