A Short Proof on the Ratio of Deadweight Loss to Profit
3 Pages Posted: 16 Dec 2007 Last revised: 31 Jul 2012
Date Written: December 13, 2008
Abstract
In this technical note we give a new, short proof of a known proposition concerning the ratio of deadweight loss to profit (Shapiro, 2006a,b).
Keywords: patents, Kaplow's ratio test
JEL Classification: L00, O34
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Cugno, Franco and Ottoz, Elisabetta, A Short Proof on the Ratio of Deadweight Loss to Profit (December 13, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1071769 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1071769
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