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The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index as an official statistic of business concentration : challenges and solutions
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.
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| author | Djolov, George Georgiev |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/71678 The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index as an official statistic of business concentration : challenges and solutions Djolov, George Georgiev Smit, Eon van der Merwe Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Graduate School of Business. Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) Business concentration Business statistics Chi-square distribution Industrial economics UCTD Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the measurement of business concentration by the Herfindahl- Hirschman Index (HHI). In the course of the examination, a modification to this method of measurement of business concentration is proposed, in terms of which the accuracy of the conventional depiction of the HHI can be enhanced by a formulation involving the Gini index. Computational advantages in the use of this new method are identified, which reveal the Ginibased HHI to be an effective substitute for its regular counterpart. It is found that theoretically and in practice, the proposed new method has strengths that favour its usage. The practical advantages of employing this method are considered with a view to encouraging the measurement of business concentration using the Gini-based index of the HHI. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie verhandeling ondersoek die meting van sakekonsentrasie deur middel van die Herfindahl- Hirschman-indeks (HHI). ‘n Wysiging aan hierdie metode word voorgestel, deur middel waarvan die akkuraatheid van die konvensionele voorstelling van die HHI verhoog word, deur ‘n formulering wat die Gini-indeks betrek. Die berekeningsvoordele van hierdie nuwe metode word geïdentifiseer en dit word aangetoon dat die Gini-gebaseerde HHI ’n doeltreffende plaasvervanger vir sy meer bekende teenvoeter is. Daar word bevind dat die voorgestelde nuwe metode teoretiese en praktiese sterkpunte het wat die gebruik daarvan ondersteun. Die praktiese voordele van die voorgestelde metode word oorweeg met die oog op die aanmoediging van die gebruik van die Gini-gebaseerde HHI-indeks as maatstaf van sakekonsentrasie. Doctoral 2012-11-28T12:48:22Z 2012-12-12T08:08:45Z 2014-12-30T03:00:09Z 2012-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71678 en_ZA Stellenbosch University viii, 140 pages application/pdf application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) Business concentration Business statistics Chi-square distribution Industrial economics UCTD Djolov, George Georgiev The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index as an official statistic of business concentration : challenges and solutions |
| title | The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index as an official statistic of business concentration : challenges and solutions |
| title_full | The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index as an official statistic of business concentration : challenges and solutions |
| title_fullStr | The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index as an official statistic of business concentration : challenges and solutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index as an official statistic of business concentration : challenges and solutions |
| title_short | The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index as an official statistic of business concentration : challenges and solutions |
| title_sort | herfindahl hirschman index as an official statistic of business concentration challenges and solutions |
| topic | Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) Business concentration Business statistics Chi-square distribution Industrial economics UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71678 |
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