Does Zipf’s law hold for primate cities? Some evidence from a discriminant analysis of world countries
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Keywords
Main cities of countries; Zipf’s law; Population size of cities; ‘Frontrunner’ approach; Geographic and development attributes; O18; R11; R23;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
- R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
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