Since the publication of the first edition over 30 years ago, the literature related to Pareto distributions has flourished to encompass computer-based inference methods. Pareto Distributions, Second Edition provides broad, up-to-date coverage of the Pareto model and its extensions. This edition expands several chapters to accommodate recent result

Barry C. Arnold is a distinguished professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Arnold is a fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.

Historical Sketch with Emphasis on Income Modeling. Models for Income Distributions. Pareto and Related Heavy-Tailed Distributions. Measures of Inequality. Inference for Pareto Distributions. Multivariate Pareto Distributions. Appendices. References. Index.