Wealth distribution and the Lorenz curve: a finitary approach

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作者：
Enrico Scalas
Tijana Radivojević
Ubaldo Garibaldi
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[1] University of Sussex,Department of Mathematics
[2] BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics,IMEM
[3] Genoa University,CNR, Physics Department
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Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination | 2015年 / 10卷
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Wealth distribution; Lorenz curve; Markov chains ; Probabilistic methods; C80; D31;
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We use three stochastic games for the wealth of economic agents which may be at work in a real economy and we derive their statistical equilibrium distributions. Based on a heuristic argument, we assume that the expected observed wealth distribution is a mixture of these three distributions. We compare the Lorenz curves obtained from this conjecture with the empirical curves for a set of countries.
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页数：10
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