Statistical Size Distributions in Economics and Actuarial Sciences (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)
Statistical Size Distributions in Economics and Actuarial Sciences (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Researchers and teachers in econometrics and actuarial statistics will find this book an interesting source of information." (Journal of the American Statistical Association, December 2004)
"The overall quality of the book is excellent. The material is well-written and well laid out…an indispensable, authoritative source of information…" (Zentralblatt MATH Database)
“…an indispensable, authoritative source of information on a remarkably diverse variety of parametric models for applied statisticians and researchers…” (Zentralblatt Math, Vol.1044, No.19, 2004)
"As a reference book, it is exceptionally well done, as are all of the projects undertaken by Prof. Kotz…The statistics profession has been greatly enriched by this particular effort." (Technometrics, November 2004)
"…the authors have gone a long way towards achieving their ideal that 'a useful book on this subject matter should be interesting.” (Short Book Reviews, August 2004)
“...traces the numerous statistical models of income distribution for Pareto’s model in the late 19th century to the latest ones.” (Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, Vol. LXII, No. 1, March 2004)
Book Description
Providing insight into a field of study that is now gaining global importance, this comprehensive treatment of statistical size distributions:
- Describes in-full more than 25 models
- Covers Lorenz curves, multimodal, and multivariate distributions
- Pays specific attention to Italian, and to some degree Japanese sources
- Emphasizes interrelations among various families
- Accounts for more than 200 personal papers, theses, and technical reports by the authors, representing over 40 combined years of study and research
- Opens a formerly European field to the global market
Statistical Size Distributions in Economics and Actuarial Sciences (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)
Statistical Size Distributions in Economics and Actuarial Sciences (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics),Christian Kleiber,Samuel Kotz,Wiley-Interscience,0471150649,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Distribution (Economic theory),Econometrics,Economics - General,Economics - Macroeconomics,Economics, Mathematical,Economies of scale,Insurance,Mathematical Economics,Mathematics,Probability & Statistics - General,Economic statistics,Mathematics / Statistics
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