Estimating Lorenz curves using a Dirichlet distribution

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 290-295

  Chotikapanich, Duangkamon ^a   Griffiths, William E ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Maximum likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036005155     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500102317352029     Document Type: Article

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