An alternative functional form for estimating the Lorenz curve

Economics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-63

  Rohde, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Lorenz curve; Parametric form

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349085810     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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