Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/171852 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Citation: 
[Journal:] Econometrics [ISSN:] 2225-1146 [Volume:] 3 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] MDPI [Place:] Basel [Year:] 2015 [Pages:] 698-708
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
In this paper, we consider the question and present evidence as to whether or not Benford's exponential first significant digit (FSD) law reflects a fundamental principle behind the complex and nondeterministic nature of large-scale physical and behavioral systems. As a behavioral example, we focus on the FSD distribution of Australian micro income data and use information theoretic entropy methods to investigate the degree that corresponding empirical income distributions are consistent with Benford's law.
Subjects: 
first significant digits
Benford’s law
information theoretic methods
empirical likelihood
minimum divergence measure
JEL: 
C1
C10
C24
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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