Pareto law of the expenditure of a person in convenience stores

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作者
Mizuno, Takayuki [1 ]
Toriyama, Masahiro [2 ]
Terano, Takao [2 ]
Takayasu, Misako [2 ]
机构
[1] Hitotsubashi Univ, Inst Econ Res, Kunitachi, Tokyo 1868603, Japan
[2] Tokyo Inst Technol, Interdisciplinary Grad Sch Sci & Engn, Dept Computat Intelligence & Syst Sci, Midori Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2268502, Japan
基金
日本学术振兴会;
关键词
point of sale; power law; Gini coefficient; Pareto principle;
D O I
10.1016/j.physa.2008.01.059
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We study the statistical laws of the expenditure of a person in convenience stores by analyzing around 100 million receipts. The density function of expenditure exhibits a fat tail that follows a power law. Using the Lorenz curve, the Gini coefficient is estimated to be 0.70; this implies that loyal customers contribute significantly to a store's sales. We observe the Pareto principle where both the top 25% and 2% of the customers account for 80% and 25% of the store's sales, respectively. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:3931 / 3935
页数:5
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