Bosmans, Kristof and Cowell, Frank 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3778-2152
(2009)
The class of absolute decomposable inequality measures.
Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers (DARP 99).
The Toyota Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
We provide a parsimonious axiomatisation of the complete class of absolute nequality indices. Our approach uses only a weak form of decomposability and does not require a priori that the measures be differentiable.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/darp/darp99.pdf |
| Additional Information: | © 2009 the authors |
| Divisions: | Economics STICERD |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| JEL classification: | H - Public Economics > H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue > H21 - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation H - Public Economics > H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue > H20 - General D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2009 16:21 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 18:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/25434 |
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