Evidence and Implications of Zipf’s Law for Integrated Economies
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- Bowen, H. & Munandar, H. & Viaene, J.M., 2006. "Evidence and implications of zipf’s law for integrated economies," Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Working Paper Series 2006-03, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School.
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Keywords
growth; economic integration; factor price equalization; Zipf's law;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E13 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Neoclassical
- F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
- F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GEO-2006-08-05 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-MAC-2006-08-05 (Macroeconomics)
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