Log-Transform Kernel Density Estimation of Income Distribution
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- Charpentier, Arthur & Flachaire, Emmanuel, 2015. "Log-Transform Kernel Density Estimation Of Income Distribution," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 91(1-2), pages 141-159, Mars-Juin.
- Arthur Charpentier & Emmanuel Flachaire, 2015. "Log-Transform Kernel Density Estimation of Income Distribution," AMSE Working Papers 1506, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France.
- Arthur Charpentier & Emmanuel Flachaire, 2015. "Log-Transform Kernel Density Estimation of Income Distribution," Post-Print hal-01457340, HAL.
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Keywords
nonparametric density estimation; heavy-tail; income distribution; data transformation; lognormal kernel;All these keywords.
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- C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
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