A spatial decomposition of the Gini coefficient

Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 55-70

  Rey, Sergio J ^a   Smith, Richard J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880061869     PISSN: 18644031     EISSN: 1864404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12076-012-0086-z     Document Type: Article

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