κ-Generalized statistics in personal income distribution
κ-Generalized statistics in personal income distribution
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DOI:
10.1140/epjb/e2007-00120-9
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发表时间:
2007-05-01
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Kaniadakis, G.
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作者:
Clementi, F.;Gallegati, M.;Kaniadakis, G.
Starting from the generalized exponential function exp(k)(x) = (root 1 + k(2)x(2) + kx)(1/k), with exp(0) (x) = exp(x), proposed in reference [G. Kaniadakis, Physica A 296, 405 ( 2001)], the survival function P-> (x) = expk (-beta(alpha)(x)), where x is an element of R+, alpha, beta > 0, and k is an element of [0,1), is considered in order to analyze the data on personal income distribution for Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The above defined distribution is a continuous one-parameter deformation of the stretched exponential function P->(0) (x)=exp(k) (-beta x(alpha)) - to which reduces as kappa approaches zero behaving in very different way in the x -> 0 and x -> infinity regions. Its bulk is very close to the stretched exponential one, whereas its tail decays following the power-law P->(x)similar to(2 beta kappa)(-1/kappa) x(-alpha/kappa). This makes the kappa-generalized function particularly suitable to describe simultaneously the income distribution among both the richest part and the vast majority of the population, generally fitting different curves. An excellent agreement is found between our theoretical model and the observational data on personal income over their entire range.