Nonparametric tests of stochastic dominance in income distributions

Econometrica

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1183-1193

  Anderson, Gordon ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Nonparametric tests; Poverty orderings; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON TEST; GOODNESS OF FIT TEST; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NON PARAMETRIC TEST; STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 0030372030     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2171961     Document Type: Article

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