Zipf's Law for Cities¶
Gabaix, X. (1999). Zipf's Law for Cities: An Explanation. The Quarterly Journal of Economics.
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- Gibrat's Law
- Xavier Gabaix (1999) showed that adding a lower reflecting barrier (cities do not shrink below some floor) to Gibrat-style proportional growth generates Zipf's law
This sourceGabaix's result that proportional city growth with a lower barrier on size converges to Zipf's law, with exponent tending to 1 as the floor shrinks.
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- Xavier Gabaix (1999) showed that adding a lower reflecting barrier (cities do not shrink below some floor) to Gibrat-style proportional growth generates Zipf's law
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