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The Distribution of the Concentration Ratio for Samples from a Uniform Population
Faculty of Economics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
Faculty of Economics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- 1 Faculty of Economics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- 2 Faculty of Economics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Abstract
In the present paper we derived, with direct method, the exact expressions for the sampling probability density function of the Gini concentration ratio for samples from a uniform population of size n = 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Moreover, we found some regularities of such distributions valid for any sample size.
KeywordsGini Concentration RatioUniform DistributionOrder StatisticsProbability Density Function
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