The normative significance of using third-degree stochastic dominance in comparing income distributions

DOI10.1006/jeth.1994.1080zbMath0813.90019OpenAlexW2156031314MaRDI QIDQ1342418

James E. Davies, Michael Colin Hoy

Publication date: 11 January 1995

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/jeth.1994.1080

zbMATH Keywords

third-degree stochastic dominance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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