Path independent inequality measures.

DOI10.1006/jeth.1999.2565zbMath1057.91052WikidataQ56852505 ScholiaQ56852505MaRDI QIDQ1572942

James E. Foster, Artyom A. Shneyerov

Publication date: 2000

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/d13ba35cbcf1bbdef97589dd52c93ff241ffe6d0

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P20: Applications of statistics to economics

91B82: Statistical methods; economic indices and measures

91D10: Models of societies, social and urban evolution

91B42: Consumer behavior, demand theory

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