Zipf Distribution of U.S. Firm Sizes¶
Axtell, R. L. (2001). Zipf Distribution of U.S. Firm Sizes. Science.
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Domain-specific¶
- Gibrat's Law
- and fails at the upper tail, where size distributions tend toward Pareto rather than log-normal
This sourceAxtell's census-scale finding that U.S. firm sizes follow a Zipf (Pareto) distribution rather than a log-normal.
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- and fails at the upper tail, where size distributions tend toward Pareto rather than log-normal
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