Hang K. Ryu
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View article: Does Political Dominance Impact Economic Inequality
Does Political Dominance Impact Economic Inequality Open
This paper examines the relationship between political dominance and economic inequality in the U.S. for the years 1947-2017. Conventional wisdom suggests that when Democrats control Congress and the Presidency, they will pursue policy goa…
View article: A New Logit-Based Gini Coefficient
A New Logit-Based Gini Coefficient Open
The Gini coefficient is generally used to measure and summarize inequality over the entire income distribution function (IDF). Unfortunately, it is widely held that the Gini does not detect changes in the tails of the IDF particularly well…
View article: A New Inequality Measure that is Sensitive to Extreme Values and Asymmetries
A New Inequality Measure that is Sensitive to Extreme Values and Asymmetries Open
There is a vast literature on the selection of an appropriate index of income inequality and on
\nwhat desirable properties such a measure (or index) should contain. The Gini index is, of course,
\nthe most popular. There is a concurrent l…
View article: A New Inequality Measure that is Sensitive to Extreme Values and Asymmetries
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