On the Gini coefficient normalization when attributes with negative values are considered

Statistical Methods and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 507-521

  Raffinetti, Emanuela ^a   Siletti, Elena ^a   Vernizzi, Achille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Negative attribute; Negative income; Normalization term; Pigou Dalton transfers principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944158022     PISSN: 16182510     EISSN: 1613981X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10260-014-0293-4     Document Type: Article

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