New evidence for the power-law distribution of wealth

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 90-94

  Levy, Moshe ^a   Solomon, Sorin ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

LEVY DISTRIBUTION; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; STOCK MARKET FLUCTUATIONS; WEALTH DISTRIBUTION;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 0031209425     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00217-3     Document Type: Article

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