dc.contributor.author
Nitsch, Volker
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T08:18:56Z
dc.date.available
2008-07-08T08:17:45.294Z
dc.identifier.isbn
3-935058-86-1
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/19815
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/FUDOCS_document_000000000450
dc.description.abstract
In this paper, I provide a quantitative review of the empirical literature on
Zipf’s law for cities; the meta-analysis combines 515 estimates from 29
studies. I find that the combined estimate of the Zipf coefficient is
significantly larger than 1.0. This finding implies that cities are on average
more evenly distributed than suggested by (a strict interpretation of) Zipf’s
law. I also identify several features that account for differences across the
individual point estimates.
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dc.format.extent
[22] S.
dc.relation.ispartofseries
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000303-6
dc.relation.ispartofseries
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000006-7
dc.rights.uri
http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject
size distribution of cities
dc.subject
rank size rule
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
http://www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/verwaltung-service/bibliothek/diskussionsbeitraege/diskussionsbeitraege-wiwiss/files-diskussionsbeitraege-wiwiss/discpaper16_04.pdf
refubium.affiliation
Wirtschaftswissenschaft
de
refubium.mycore.fudocsId
FUDOCS_document_000000000450
refubium.series.issueNumber
2004,16 : Volkswirtschaftliche Reihe
refubium.series.name
Diskussionsbeiträge des Fachbereichs Wirtschaftswissenschaft der Freien Universität Berlin
refubium.mycore.derivateId
FUDOCS_derivate_000000000136
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
