Universal patterns of inequality

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Banerjee, Anand ^a   Yakovenko, Victor M ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AGENTS; EMPIRICAL DATA; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENTROPY MAXIMIZATION; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INCOME INEQUALITY; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PER CAPITA; POWER LAW; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTES;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 77955306472     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/7/075032     Document Type: Article

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