A contribution to the empirics of economic and human development

This book contributes to the empirical literature on economic and human development from five different perspectives: the first chapter provides a new statistical test for bimodality of densities with an application to income data. The second chapter analyzes the worlds cross-country distribution of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vollmer, Sebastian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt am Main Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften ©2009, 2009
Series:Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-139)
  • A Likelihood Ratio Test for Bimodality in Two-Component Mixtures
  • Twin Peaks or Three Components?
  • Income Distribution Dynamics and Pro-Poor Growth
  • EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements
  • Political Institutions and Human Development