An empirical assessment on alternative functional forms of the Lorenz curve

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 597-599

  Wan, Guano Hua ^a  

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EID: 0000776596     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048599352682     Document Type: Article

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