Do consumers benefit from tighter price cap regulation?

Autor: Mingyuan Zhang, Dennis L. Weisman, Jaesung Kang
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Economics Letters. 67:113-119
ISSN: 0165-1765
Popis: This paper examines whether consumers necessarily benefit from tightening the price cap. We find that a tighter price cap always increases consumer welfare when demands are independent. Conversely, when demands are interdependent a tighter price cap may reduce consumer welfare.
Databáze: OpenAIRE