A likelihood ratio test for bimodality in two-component mixtures with application to regional income distribution in the EU

DOI10.1007/S10182-008-0057-2zbMATH Open1171.62013OpenAlexW2038908859WikidataQ56455225 ScholiaQ56455225MaRDI QIDQ732232FDOQ732232

Authors: Hajo Holzmann, Sebastian J. Vollmer 

Publication date: 9 October 2009

Published in: AStA. Advances in Statistical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10182-008-0057-2

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zbMATH Keywords

likelihood ratio testconvergence analysisbimodalityfinite mixturecross-sectional income distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Parametric hypothesis testing (62F03) Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics (62E20) Hypothesis testing in multivariate analysis (62H15) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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