Stochastic dominance amongst swedish income distributions

Econometric Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-320

  Maasoumi, Esfandiar ^a   Heshmati, Almas ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 0000424377     PISSN: 07474938     EISSN: 15324168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07474930008800474     Document Type: Article

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