Sökning: "Lorenz curve"
Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden Lorenz curve.
1. Lorenz Curve for Profitable Insurance Portfolio Management
Master-uppsats, KTH/Matematik (Avd.)Sammanfattning : Since its introduction by Max Otto Lorenz, the Lorenz curve has been utilizedin several financial contexts. By using regression analysis to approximate theclaim cost of policyholders, a vector consisting of policyholder characteristics canbe obtained. LÄS MER
2. Wealth Inequality : Analysis based on 21 EU countries
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, NationalekonomiSammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to examine how wealth inequality alters when macroeconomic factors such as housing price index, inflation rate, and minimum wage change. In the theoretical part, the potential connection between some macroeconomic factors and wealth inequality is described through the link of the Lorenz Curve and Pareto distribution. LÄS MER
3. Application of the Ordered Lorenz Curve in the Analysis of a Non-Life Insurance Portfolio
Master-uppsats, KTH/Matematisk statistikSammanfattning : Insurance analysts have a great variety of assessment tools at their disposal in order to ensure a healthy insurance portfolio. To describe the financial income and loss distribution of the insurance portfolio one of the more fundamental mathematical instrument is the Lorenz curve. A measure developed in the early 19th centrury by Max O. LÄS MER
4. The Puzzle between Economic Growth and Income Inequality
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Economics, Finance and StatisticsSammanfattning : The purpose of this paper is to investigate the correlation between income inequality and economic growth in a cross-section of 90 countries from 2002 to 2006. The controversial Kuznets Hypothesis, the economic model that hypothesizes the relationship between inequality and per capita income is an inverted U-shaped curve, is scrutinized and investigated to consider its viability and accuracy. LÄS MER