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A Primer on Consumer Surplus and Demand : Common Questions and Answers

Measuring consumer's surplus is an increasingly popular approach to quantifying the monetary benefits of energy projects at the World Bank. This paper provides a brief primer on the concept and addresses some concerns and criticisms for this...

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Main Author:	Peskin, Henry M.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	APPROACH BATTERIES CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS CONTINGENT VALUATION DEMAND CURVE DEMAND CURVES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY COSTS ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY NEEDS ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRICES INCOME KEROSENE LIVING STANDARDS MARKET PRICE MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS PRICE CHANGES PRICE OF ELECTRICITY PUBLIC UTILITIES RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SUBSTITUTE SURPLUS TAXATION TRANSITION ECONOMIES WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/7089743/primer-consumer-surplus-demand-common-questions-answers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17960