On the best functions to describe city size distributions
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city size distribution; q-exponential; lognormal;JEL classification:
- C16 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Econometric and Statistical Methods; Specific Distributions
- C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
- R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GEO-2010-04-17 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-URE-2010-04-17 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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