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1999 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Stochastic Dominance and the Lorenz Curve

Author : Patrick Moyes

Published in: Handbook of Income Inequality Measurement

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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This chapter reviews the different practical methods that have been devised in order to decide when one income distribution can be reasonably considered as more equal than another distribution.

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Title
Stochastic Dominance and the Lorenz Curve
Author
Patrick Moyes
Copyright Year
1999
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Handbook of Income Inequality Measurement

Print ISBN: 978-94-010-5897-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-011-4413-1

Copyright Year: 1999

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4413-1_7