An alternative proof of Ben Porath and Gilboa's generalized Gini characterization theorem

DOI10.1006/JETH.1995.1055MaRDI QIDQ1906459zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John A. Weymark

Publication date 18 March 1996

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1006/jeth.1995.1055

zbMATH Keywords

generalized Gini equality indices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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