On the welfare theoretic foundation of CEA: comment.
This is a comment on a recent paper by Bengt Liljas (Eur J Health Econ 11:5-13, 2010) in this Journal. The author's analysis is flawed because he fails to take the envelope theorem into account. As a bottom line, we conclude that from a welfare theoretic point of view, future consumption and future labor hours should not be considered in a valid CEA.
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Friedrich
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Department of Economics, University of Konstanz, Fach 135, 78457, Constance, Germany, Friedrich.Breyer@uni-konstanz.de.
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