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N 1 fn (dxm1, dxm2,. . . , dxmn) 5 0 3. e. the diversity, is maximized when the total number of establishments in a sector is equally distributed across the industries in the sector: dxmj 5 dxms,4j,s 5 1,. , n 1 fn (dxm1, dxm2,. . . , dxmn) 5 max 4. The entropy is the same if an industry with zero establishments is added to the total set of industries in a sector: fn11 (dxm1, dxm2,. . . , dxmn, 0) 5 fn (dxm1, dxm2,. . . , dxmn) Property (4) implies that the maximum value of entropy differs between municipalities with a different amount of industries within a sector.
20) Regional interaction and economic diversity 31 where dxmj represents industry j’s share of the total number of establishments in sector x in municipality m. 20), n is the total amount of industries in sector m. 20) is the standard mathematical formula for the entropy. f. Tsaganea, 2002; Attaran and Zwick, 1989): 1. It is non-negative: fn (dxm1, dxm2,. . . , dxmn) $ 0 2. If all the establishments in a sector are concentrated in one industry, the entropy is 0, indicating zero diversity: dxmj 5 1, dxms 5 0, (s 2 j) ,s 5 1,.
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