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Statistical size distributions in economics and actuarial sciences /

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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.
Subjects:
Distribution (Economic theory)
Economies of scale.
Economics, Mathematical.
Insurance > Mathematics.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Statistical Size Distributions in Economics and Actuarial Sciences; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 General Principles; 3 Pareto Distributions; 4 Lognormal Distributions; 5 Gamma-Type Size Distributions; 6 Beta-Type Size Distributions; 7 Miscellaneous Size Distributions; Appendix A Biographies; Appendix B Data on Size Distributions; Appendix C Size Distributions; List of Symbols; References; Author Index; Subject Index.