A simple and efficient test for Zipf's law

DOI10.1016/S0165-1765(99)00215-3MaRDI QIDQ1978519zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Carlos M. Urzúa

Publication date 4 June 2000

Published in Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Zipf's lawrank-size law

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Economic models of real-world systems (e.g., electricity markets, etc.) (91B74)

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