Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5062573 | Economics Letters | 2007 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The antilog of Shannon's entropy possesses three properties that support its use as an index of product variety. What distinguishes this index from other indexes is that it can be decomposed in a consistent way.
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Authors
Sebastiaan M. Straathof,