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THE POPULATION-SAMPLE DECOMPOSITION METHOD
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN ECONOMICS AND ECONOMETRICS Volume 19
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The Population-Sample Decomposition Method A Distribution-Free Estimation Technique for Minimum Distance Parameters by
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Acknowledgements This volume has been written in a time span of four years. From May 1983 until January 1985 I was affilia