The influence of aggregation on the ordering of distributions

Economica

Volumn 63, Issue 250, 1996, Pages 253-272

  Howes, Stephen ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 0040876563     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2554762     Document Type: Article

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