Bosmans, Kristof and Cowell, Frank (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: | 15 Sep 2023 23:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/25434 |
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