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Welfare-optimal Pricing

Welfare-Optimal Pricing is a pricing model in the field of economics that, within the context of Ramsey Pricing, allocates prices across multiple goods or services to maximize total social welfare—defined as the sum of consumer and producer surplus—subject to a revenue constraint, thereby distinguishing it from alternative pricing rules that prioritize profit maximization or cost recovery without regard to allocative efficiency.

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5.4K

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212

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126

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2017–2026

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Publications

117

Estimating Welfare in Insurance Markets Using Variation in Prices<sup>*</sup>

Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, Mark R. Cullen · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2010 · 384 citations · Full text

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Monopoly Price Discrimination and Demand Curvature

Iñaki Aguirre, Simon Cowan, John Vickers · American Economic Review · 2010 · 287 citations · Full text

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Price Stabilization and Welfare

Benton F. Massell · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1969 · 249 citations

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Improving Consumer Welfare and Manufacturer Profit via Government Subsidy Programs: Subsidizing Consumers or Manufacturers?

Jiayi Joey Yu, Christopher S. Tang, Zuo‐Jun Max Shen · Manufacturing & Service Operations Management · 2018 · 201 citations

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Predatory Pricing: A Strategic and Welfare Analysis

Oliver E. Williamson · The Yale Law Journal · 1977 · 183 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. HM
    Hongyao Ma

    Harvard University Press, United States

    4 publications · 168 citations

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  2. DC
    David C. Parkes

    Harvard University Press, United States

    4 publications · 168 citations

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  3. FF
    Fei Fang

    Inha University, South Korea

    4 publications · 168 citations

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  4. BL
    Brendan Lucier

    Microsoft (United States), United States

    4 publications · 73 citations

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  5. TB
    T. B. Richard

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    3 publications · 50 citations

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Institutions

126

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    952 citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    631 citations

  3. Microsoft (United States)

    Redmond, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    126 citations

  4. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    188 citations

  5. Microsoft Research New England (United States)

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    131 citations

  6. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    81 citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    175 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 7 publications · 144 citations

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  2. The Review of Economic Studies

    5 publications · 551 citations

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  3. The Economic Journal

    5 publications · 252 citations

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  4. The RAND Journal of Economics

    5 publications · 392 citations

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  5. American Economic Review

    4 publications · 418 citations

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