Modelling income distribution / John Creedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Creedy, John, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution--Mathematical models.

Income distribution.

Physical Description:

viii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : E. Elgar, [2002]

Contents:

Part I Generalised Exponential Distributions

1. 'Nonlinear Modelling Using the Generalized Exponential Family of Distributions', Bulletin of Economic Research, 50 (3), pp. 229-55 (1998) / V.L. Martin 3

2. 'A Labor Market Equilibrium Model of the Personal Distribution of Earnings', Journal of Income Distribution, 6 (1), pp. 127-44 (1996) / J.N. Lye, V.L. Martin 30

3. 'A Model of the Distribution of Prices', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 56 (1), pp. 67-76 (1994) / V.L. Martin 48

4. 'A Non-linear Model of the Real US/UK Exchange Rate', Journal of Applied Econometrics, 11, pp. 669-86 (1996) / J. Lye, V.L. Marti 58

5. 'Estimating the Exponential Family Using Grouped Data: An Application to the New Zealand Income Distribution', New Zealand Economic Papers, 32 (1), pp. 19-39 (1998) / A. Bakker 76

Part II Macro-Variables and Income Distribution

6. 'Macroeconomic Variables and Income Distribution: Conditional Modelling with the Generalised Exponential', Journal of Income Distribution, 9, pp. 183-97 (2000) / A. Bakker 99

7. 'Macroeconomic Variables and Income Inequality in New Zealand: An Exploration Using Conditional Mixture Distributions', New Zealand Economic Papers, 33 (2), pp. 59-79 (1999) / A. Bakker 114

Part III Income Redistribution

8. 'Close Equals and Calculation of the Vertical, Horizontal and Reranking Effects of Taxation', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 63 (3), pp. 381-94 (2001) / J. van de Ven, P.J. Lamber 137

9. 'Decomposing Redistributive Effects of Taxes and Transfers in Australia: Annual and Lifetime Measures', Australian Economic Papers, 40 (2), pp. 185-98 (2001) / J. van de Ven 151

10. 'Taxation, Reranking and Equivalence Scales' (2001) / J. van de Ven 165

11. 'The GST and Vertical, Horizontal and Reranking Effects of Indirect Taxation in Australia' (2001) 197

12. 'Non-uniform Consumption Taxes: A Blunt Redistributive Instrument?' (2000) 216

13. 'Bayesian Estimation of Social Welfare and Tax Progressivity Measures', Empirical Economics (2001) / D. Chotikapanich 236

14. 'Bayesian Estimation of Atkinson Inequality Measures' (2001) / D. Chotikapanich 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1843760096

OCLC:

48951363