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SCRA 2002-FIM IX: Ninth International Conference of Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics on Statistics Combinatorics and Related Areas
December 21-23, 2002
Department of Statistics and Department of Mathematics: University of Allahabad
Allahabad, UP, India

Organizers
Satya Mishra, Anoop Chaturvedi, Bhu Dev Sharma

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Entropy and Inequality
by
M.A.K. Beg
P.G. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar
Coauthors: D.S. Hooda (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, CCSHAU, Hissar)

In this paper we are dealing with the problem on income inequality and define a measure of income inequality based on a measure of information proposed by Renyi. We will also discuss the problem of reduction of this inequality through taxation.

Date received: October 30, 2002

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