The duration of recessions follows an exponential not a power law
Abstract
Ormerod and Mounfield (Physica A 293 (2001) 573) analyse GDP data of 17 leading capitalist economies from 1870 to 1994 and conclude that the frequency of the duration of recessions is consistent with a power law. But in fact the data is consistent with an exponential (Boltzmann–Gibbs) law.Download Info
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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications.
Volume (Year): 345 (2005)
Issue (Month): 3 ()
Pages: 608-610
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Keywords: Econophysics; Power laws; Exponential laws;Other versions of this item:
- Ian Wright, 2003. "The duration of recessions follows an exponential not a power law," Papers cond-mat/0311585, arXiv.org, revised Mar 2011.
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