Revisiting a functional form for the Lorenz curve

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 107
Issue: 2
Pages: 249-252

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

In a recent paper Rohde (2009) proposes a new functional form for estimating the Lorenz curve. This paper demonstrates that the model proposed by Rohde is a reparameterization of the model proposed by Aggarwal (1984). New and important properties of the model are established.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:107:y:2010:i:2:p:249-252
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
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2026-01-29