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Title: | Uneven landscapes and the city size distribution |
Author: | Lee, Sanghoon Li, Qiang |
Keywords: | Economia urbana Geografia econòmica Models matemàtics Ús urbà del sòl Ús urbà del sòl Urban economics Economic geography Mathematical models Urban land use |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Publisher: | Institut d’Economia de Barcelona |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IEB10/41] |
Abstract: | This paper proposes a new explanation for Zipf’s law often observed in the top tail of city size distribution. We show that Zipf’s law can emerge if city size can be expressed as a product of multiple random factors. Each of the factors need not generate Zipf’s law by itself. The key implication is that we cannot reject a model simply because the model does not generate Zipf’s law. A single model, typically representing only one factor, may not generate Zipf’s law, but if we have many such models together as in reality, Zipf’s law may emerge. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ieb.ub.edu/2012022157/ieb/ultimes-publicacions |
It is part of: | IEB Working Paper 2010/41 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/116860 |
Appears in Collections: | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers |
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