Zipf's Law for Cities in the Regions and the Country
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- Kristian Giesen & Jens Südekum, 2011. "Zipf's law for cities in the regions and the country," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 11(4), pages 667-686, July.
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Keywords
rank-size rule; Gibrat's law; city size distributions; city growth; Zipf's law;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
- O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GEO-2009-01-24 (Economic Geography)
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