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A three components subgroup decomposition of the Hirschman-Herfindahl index and household's income inequalities in Cameroon

C. Chameni Nembua Faculty of Economics and Management, Department of Quantitative Techniques, University of Yaoundé II, Yaoundé, Cameroon E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 941-947 | Published online: 20 Aug 2006

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