Have the log-population processes stationary and independent increments? Empirical evidence for Italy, Spain and the USA along more than a century
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Keywords
Gibrat’s process; log-population process; stationary increments; independent increments; Italian cities; Spanish cities; USA cities;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C46 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Specific Distributions
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
- R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2019-05-06 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HIS-2019-05-06 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
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