Two flexible functional form approaches for approximating the Lorenz curve

DOI10.1016/0304-4076(94)01722-0zbMath0842.62099OpenAlexW1994864111MaRDI QIDQ1915471

Daniel J. Slottje, Hang Keun Ryu

Publication date: 4 August 1996

Published in: Journal of Econometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4076(94)01722-0

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesian methodincome distributionapproximation errorsglobal approximationLorenz curvesconvexity conditionmaximum errorBernstein polynomial functionsdiscrete Legendre polynomialestimates of the Gini coefficientexponential polynomial seriesflexible form approaches

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Approximations to statistical distributions (nonasymptotic) (62E17)

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