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Entropy statistics and information theory

  • K. Frenken

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Abstract

Entropy measures provide important tools to indicate variety in distributions at particular moments in time (e.g., market shares) and to analyse evolutionary processes over time (e.g., technical change). Importantly, entropy statistics are suitable to decomposition analysis, which renders the measure preferable to alternatives like the Herfindahl index in cases of decomposition analysis. There are several applications of entropy in the realms of industrial organisation and innovation studies.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Elgar companion to neo-schumpeterian economics
EditorsH. Hanusch, A. Pyka
Place of PublicationCheltenham, UK and Northhampton MA
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing
Pages544-555
Number of pages1232
ISBN (Print)978-1-84844-702-8
Publication statusPublished - 2007

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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