Testing hypotheses about absolute concentration curves and marginal conditional stochastic dominance

Econometric Theory

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1044-1062

  Schechtman, Edna ^a   Shelef, Amit ^a   Yitzhaki, Shlomo ^b   Zitikis, Ričardas ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 45249096250     PISSN: 02664666     EISSN: 14694360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266466608080407     Document Type: Article

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