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Additivity and the entropy concept: An axiomatic approach to inequality measurement

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Authors: Cowell, F. A., & Kuga, K.
Affiliations: London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
The University of Osaka (JP)
ORCID: Cowell, Frank A
Venue: Journal of Economic Theory
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1981-08
Volume: 25
Issue: 1
Pages: 131-143
ISSN: 0022-0531 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0531(81)90020-x
OpenAlex: W2072060617
Cited by: 250
References: 13
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 9 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 3
FWCI: 2.91
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Economic Theory (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Statistical Mechanics and Entropy
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Keywords: inequality measurement, entropy additivity, kinetic exchange models, heterogeneous agents, power-law tails, generalized gamma distribution, κ-deformation, wealth distribution

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