A simple characterization of the family of diversity indices

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2016
Volume: 147
Issue: C
Pages: 121-123

Authors (2)

Davydov, Denis (not in RePEc) Weber, Shlomo (New Economic School (NES))

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Abstract

We offer a simple characterization of the family of diversity indices that includes the Gini mutability index, the Greenberg index of linguistic diversity, the Hirschmann–Herfindahl index, the Hill family of dissimilarity measures and contains Shannon entropy as a limit point.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:147:y:2016:i:c:p:121-123
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25