ABSTRACT

North America 2.364 8.084 3.287 EC 1.634 6.239 2.255 other Europe 0.203 1.027 1.509 Pacific 0.236 3.029 2.656 foimer USSR 1.933 2.837 1.198 Eastern Europe 0.564 0.939 1.009 Middle East 0.482 0.811 0.833 China 7.846 4.214 0.399 Africa 0.476 1.306 0.267 Latin America 0.752 2.816 0.842 Developing Asia 0.536 1.865 0.626 rest Asia 0.701 1.833 0.192

World 2.206 0.816

JOHAN EYCKMANS, STEF PROOST AND ERIK SCHOKKAERT

Table 4

Distributional Weights

e = 0.00 6 = 0.10 6 = 0.25 6 = 0.50 6=1.00 e=1.50 6 = 2.00

North America 1.000 0.742 0.474 0.225 0.051 0.011 0.003 EC 1.000 0.778 0.534 0.285 0.081 0.023 0.007 other Europe 1.000 0.814 0.598 0.358 0.128 0.046 0.016 Pacific 1.000 0.769 0.519 0.270 0.073 0.020 0.005 former USSR 1.000 0.827 0.622 0387 0.150 0.058 0.022 Eastern Europe 1.000 0.847 0.661 0.437 0.191 0.083 0.036 Middle East 1.000 0.859 0.684 0.467 0.219 0.102 0.048 China 1.000 0.910 0.791 0.626 0.392 0.245 0.153 Africa 1.000 0.968 0.922 0.850 0.722 0.614 0321 Latin America 1.000 0.863 0.691 0.478 0.228 0.109 0.052 Developing Asia 1.000 0.889 0.745 0355 0.308 0.171 0.095 rest Asia 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000

24. This is a simple normalization rule.