The arguments that the alarming level of Gini coefficient is 0.4 are widely reported. However, to the authors … maximal value of Gini coefficients when income follows exponential distribution as a minimal basic reference point of the … empirical investigations show that during peaceful times, worldwide Gini coefficients approximately obey asymptotic normal …

properties such a measure (or index) should contain. The Gini index is, of course, the most popular. There is a concurrent … Gini) that poorly detect the extreme values present in the underlying empirical IDF. This paper introduces a new inequality … measure to supplement, but not to replace, the Gini that measures more accurately the inherent asymmetries and extreme values …