Statistical size distributions in economics and actuarial sciences /

A comprehensive account of economic size distributions around the world and throughout the years. In the course of the past 100 years, economists and applied statisticians have developed a remarkably diverse variety of income distribution models, yet no single resource convincingly accounts for all...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kleiber, Christian, 1966-
Other Authors: Kotz, Samuel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2003.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:A comprehensive account of economic size distributions around the world and throughout the years. In the course of the past 100 years, economists and applied statisticians have developed a remarkably diverse variety of income distribution models, yet no single resource convincingly accounts for all of these models, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses, similarities and differences. Statistical Size Distributions in Economics and Actuarial Sciences is the first collection to systematically investigate a wide variety of parametric models that deal with income, wealth, and related notions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 332 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0471457167
9780471457169
9780471150640
0471150649
0471457175
9780471457176