Zipf's law for cities: an empirical examination
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- Y Ioannides & Henry Overman, 2000. "Zipfs Law for Cities: An Empirical Examination," CEP Discussion Papers dp0484, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Ioannides, Yannis Menelaos & Overman, Henry G., 2003. "Zipf’s law for cities: an empirical examination," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 583, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Overman, Henry G. & Ioannides, Yannis, 2000. "Zipf's law for cities: an empirical examination," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 20136, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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