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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Zipf's Law and the Growth of Cities

  • Xavier Gabaix
American Economic Review
vol. 89, no. 2, May 1999
(pp. 129–132)
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Citation

Gabaix, Xavier. 1999. "Zipf's Law and the Growth of Cities." American Economic Review, 89 (2): 129–132. DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.2.129

JEL Classification

  • R11 Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes