US city-size distribution and space

Rafael González-Val

Spatial Economic Analysis, 2019, vol. 14, issue 3, 283-300

Abstract: This paper focuses on spatial city-size distribution in the United States. It proposes a new distance-based approach to analyze the influence of distance on the city-size distribution parameter by considering the Pareto distribution and using data from different definitions of US cities in 2010. Considering all possible combinations of cities within a 300-mile radius, the results indicate that the Pareto distribution cannot be rejected in most cases regardless of city size. Placebo regressions validate the results, thereby confirming the significant effect of geography on the Pareto exponent.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/17421772.2019.1572917

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