The similarity between the square of the coefficient of variation and the Gini index of a general random variable;Similitud entre el cuadrado del coeficiente de variación y el índice de Gini en una variable aleatoria general

Revista de Metodos Cuantitativos para la Economia y la Empresa

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-18

  González Abril, Luis ^a   Velasco Morente, Francisco ^a   Gavilán Ruiz, Jośe Manuel ^a   Sánchez Reyes Fernández, Luis María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentration measures; Cumulative distribution function; Lorenz curve; Mean difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650396649     PISSN: 1886516X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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