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Pareto tails and lognormal body of US cities size distribution

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  • Luckstead, Jeff
  • Devadoss, Stephen

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We consider a distribution, which consists of lower tail Pareto, lognormal body, and upper tail Pareto, to estimate the size distribution of all US cities. This distribution fits the data more accurately than a distribution that comprises of only lognormal and the upper tail Pareto.

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  • Luckstead, Jeff & Devadoss, Stephen, 2017. "Pareto tails and lognormal body of US cities size distribution," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 465(C), pages 573-578.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:465:y:2017:i:c:p:573-578
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2016.08.061
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