Reliable inference for the Gini index

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-40

  Davidson, Russell ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic inference; Bootstrap; Delta method; Gini index; Jackknife

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC INFERENCE; BOOTSTRAP; DELTA METHOD; GINI INDEX; JACKKNIFE;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ERRORS; RANDOM VARIABLES; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

STANDARDS;

EID: 67349102296     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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