Multivariate Gini indices

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 252-276

  Koshevoy, G A ^a   Mosler, K ^b  

^a CENTRAL ECONOMICS AND MATHEMATICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dilation; Disparity measurement; Gini mean difference; Lift zonoid; Lorenz order

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031066223     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmva.1996.1655     Document Type: Article

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