A new framework for the US city size distribution: Empirical evidence and theory
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Keywords
US city size distribution; population thresholds; lower and upper tail; new statistical distributions;JEL classification:
- C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
- C16 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Econometric and Statistical Methods; Specific Distributions
- 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-ALL-2013-12-20 (All new papers)
- NEP-ECM-2013-12-20 (Econometrics)
- NEP-GEO-2013-12-20 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-URE-2013-12-20 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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