Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
On Egghe's version of continuous concentration theory. |
| Authors: |
Burrell, Quentin L.1 q.burrell@ibs.ac.im |
| Source: |
Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology. Aug2006, Vol. 57 Issue 10, p1406-1411. 6p. 1 Graph. |
| Subjects: |
Lorenz equations, Lorenz curve, Gini coefficient, Mathematical models of income distribution, Pareto optimum, Welfare economics, Bibliometrics, Information science, Random variables |
| Abstract: |
In a recent article, Egghe (2005) discussed what he terms Lorenz concentration theory, covering the Lorenz curve and concentration measures such as the coefficient of variation and the Theil and Gini coefficients. In this note, we point out that neither the curve construction nor the concentration measures conform to the standard statistical/econometric definitions. We here give the standard formulations and apply them to the (truncated) Pareto distributions that are the subject of Egghe's (2005) article. We also interpret Egghe's usage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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