Measuring regional inequality by internet car price advertisements: Evidence for Germany

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 116
Issue: 3
Pages: 414-417

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

We suggest to use car sale prices from internet advertisements for measuring economic inequality between and within German regions. Our estimates of regional income levels and Gini indices based on advertisements are highly positively correlated with the official figures.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:116:y:2012:i:3:p:414-417
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25