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Revisiting a functional form for the Lorenz curve

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  • Sarabia, José María
  • Prieto, Faustino
  • Sarabia, María

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In a recent paper Rohde (2009) proposes a new functional form for estimating the Lorenz curve. This paper demonstrates that the model proposed by Rohde is a reparameterization of the model proposed by Aggarwal (1984). New and important properties of the model are established.

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  • Sarabia, José María & Prieto, Faustino & Sarabia, María, 2010. "Revisiting a functional form for the Lorenz curve," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 107(2), pages 249-252, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:107:y:2010:i:2:p:249-252
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