Testing for Zipf’s Law: A Common Pitfall

Carlos Urzúa

No 2010-04, EGAP Working Papers from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México

Abstract: It is noted that the regression procedure commonly used when testing for Zipf’s law is erroneous.

Keywords: Zipf’s law; rank-size (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-12
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