A Decomposition of the Herfindahl Index of Concentration

Giacomo de Gioia ()

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Abstract: The Herfindahl index is one of the most known indices used to measure the concentration of a variable distributed over a certain number of units, and tipically to measure the degree of concentration of business in a market. Its worth is the sensitivity both to the dimensional variability of these units and to their numerical consistency. In the this note a decomposition of the H-index into these two terms is offered.

Keywords: Herfindahl; Decomposition of the Herfindahl index; Industrial concentration; Metric index of concentration. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C43 C49 D40 L11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-09-22
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