Skewness and kurtosis properties of income distribution models

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 360-374

  Mcdonald, James B ^a   Sorensen, Jeff ^b   Turley, Patrick A ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized beta type 2 distribution; Generalized gamma distribution; Kurtosis; Skewness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870514950     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2011.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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