What are we assuming when using inequality measures to quantify geographic concentration? An axiomatic approach
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Inequality measures; Segregation; Geographic concentration; Axioms;All these keywords.
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- R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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