TWO NEW EXPONENTIAL FAMILIES OF LORENZ CURVES

We present two new Lorenz curve families by using the basic model proposed by Sarabia, Castillo and Slottje (1999). We present estimations which show that the models in our new families are very efficient when applied to data on income distribution for a range of countries from Shorrocks (1983).

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Wang, ZuXiang ; Smyth, Russell
Institutions:	Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Business School
Subject:	Lorenz curve

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Monash Economics Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 20-07 20 pages
Classification:	D3 - Distribution ; C5 - Econometric Modeling
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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