The Distribution of Income and Wealth : Parametric Modeling with the m-Generalized Family /: Parametric Modeling with the m-Generalized Family. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Fabio Clementi, Mauro Gallegati.
• Other Names: Clementi, Fabio; Gallegati, M (Mauro)
• Contents: Introduction -- The Revived Interest in the Problems of Income and Wealth Distribution -- Re-incorporating Distributional Issues Into the Main Body of Economic Analysis -- Aim and Contents of this Book -- The Parametric Approach to Income and Wealth Distributional Analysis -- The Idea of a Parametric Model for Income and Wealth Distributions -- Brief History of the Models for Studying Income and Wealth Distributions -- The m-Generalized Distribution -- Underlying Stochastic Process -- Empirical Results and Comparisons to Alternative Income Distributions -- The m-Generalized Mixture Model for the Size Distribution of Wealth -- Motivation -- Model Specification -- Moments of the m-Generalized Mixture Model for Net Wealth Distribution -- The Lorenz Curve and the Gini Index of the Net Wealth Distribution Model -- Empirical Results and Comparison of Finite Mixture Models for Net Wealth Distribution -- Four-Parameter Extensions of the m-Generalized Distribution -- Definitions and Basic Properties -- Population Characteristics -- Empirical Results and Comparisons to Alternative Four-Parameter Statistical Distributions -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing Imprint Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 177 pages), 24 illustrations in color
• Subjects: 330.015195; 330.015195; Economics; Game theory; Sociophysics; Econophysics; Statistics; Econometrics; Economics -- Sociological aspects; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions; Econometrics; Economics -- Sociological aspects; Econophysics; Game theory; Sociophysics; Statistics; Science -- System Theory; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Business & Economics -- Statistics; Mathematics -- Game Theory; Social research & statistics; Sociology: work & labour; Probability & statistics; Game theory; Management science; Mathematics; Business & Economics -- Econometrics; Econometrics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319274102; 3319274104
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