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Dagum vs. Singh-Maddala income distributions

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  • Kleiber, Christian, 1996. "Dagum vs. Singh-Maddala income distributions," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 53(3), pages 265-268, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:53:y:1996:i:3:p:265-268
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