Size Distributions for All Cities: Which One is Best?
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- Rafael González-Val & Arturo Ramos & Fernando Sanz-Gracia & María Vera-Cabello, 2015. "Size distributions for all cities: Which one is best?," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 94(1), pages 177-196, March.
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Keywords
city size distribution; double Pareto lognormal; log-logistic; q-exponential; lognormal;All these keywords.
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-2013-02-16 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-URE-2013-02-16 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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