On Thon's axiomatization of the Gini index
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instance of: scholarly article
title: On Thon's axiomatization of the Gini index
zbMATH Open document ID: 0584.90018
DOI: 10.1016/0165-4896(86)90025-9
author: Alain Trannoy
published in: Mathematical Social Sciences
publication date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Recently, \textit{D. Thon} [ibid. 2, 131-143 (1982; Zbl 0479.90033)] has provided an interesting axiomatization of the Gini index. First, we give a simple proof of this main result with a slight strengthening of one of Thon's axioms. Then we comment on Thon's most important axiom, the equidistance one.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 91B82
zbMATH DE Number: 3936886
zbMATH Keywords: axiomatization
zbMATH Keywords: Gini index
zbMATH Keywords: equidistance
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: 0165-4896(86)90025-9
OpenAlex ID: W2025827411
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