Studies on Regional Wealth Inequalities: The~Case of Italy

• Authors: M. Ausloos , R. Cerqueti
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper contains a short review of techniques examining regional wealth inequalities based on recently published research work, but also presenting unpublished features. The data pertains to Italy over the period 2007-2011: the number of cities in regions, the number of inhabitants in cities and in regions, as well as the aggregated tax income of the cities and of regions. Frequency-size plots and cumulative distribution function plots, scatter plots and rank-size plots are displayed. The rank-size rule of a few cases is discussed. Yearly data of the aggregated tax income is transformed into a few indicators: the Gini, Theil, and Herfindahl-Hirschman indices. Numerical results confirm that IT is divided into very different regional realities. One region is selected for a short discussion: Molise. A note on the "first digit Benford law" for testing data validity is presented.

Keywords

EN

89.65.Gh; 93.30.-w; 05.20.-y; 05.10.Ln

Discipline

• 05.10.Ln: Monte Carlo methods(see also 02.70.Tt, Uu in mathematical methods in physics; for Monte Carlo methods extensively used in subdivisions of physics, see the appropriate section; for example, see 52.65.Pp in plasma simulation)
• 89.65.Gh: Economics; econophysics, financial markets, business and management(for economic issues regarding production and use of renewable energy, see 88.05.Lg)
• 05.20.-y: Classical statistical mechanics
• 93.30.-w: Information related to geographical regions

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 129
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 959-964

Dates

published

2016-05

Contributors

author

M. Ausloos

• School of Management, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
• eHumanities group, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Joan Muyskenweg 25, 1096 CJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Group of Researchers for Applications of Physics in Economy and Sociology, rue de la Belle Jardiniere 483, B-4031, Angleur, Belgium

author

R. Cerqueti

• University of Macerata, Department of Economics and Law, via Crescimbeni 20, I-62100, Macerata, Italy

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.129.959