On the convergence of moments of geometric and harmonic means

Statistica Neerlandica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 96-110

  Pakes, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymptotic properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033239684     PISSN: 00390402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9574.00100     Document Type: Article

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