Income Modeling and Balancing A Rigorous Treatment of Distribution Patterns /

• Main Authors: Kämpke, Thomas (Author), Radermacher, Franz Josef (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 679
• Subjects: Game theory.; Economic theory.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Economic Policy.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.

This book presents a rigorous treatment of the mathematical instruments available for dealing with income distributions, in particular Lorenz curves and related methods. The methods examined allow us to analyze, compare and modify such distributions from an economic and social perspective. Though ba...

Table of Contents:

• Lorenz curves, orders and redistribution: Introduction
• The Generalized Inverse of Distribution Functions
• Lorenz Densities and Lorenz Curves
• Lorenz Curves and Partial Orders
• Transfer and Distribution Approximation
• Societal Utility and the Atkinson Theorem
• Lorenz Curves and Models: Pareto Distribution, Self-Similarity and Empirics
• Proportionality-induced Distribution Laws
• Preferences and Coalitions.