U-Statistics and Their Asymptotic Results for Some Inequality and Poverty Measures
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- Kuan Xu, 2006. "U-Statistics and Their Asymptotic Results for Some Inequality and Poverty Measures," Working Papers daleconwp2007-06, Dalhousie University, Department of Economics.
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