Zipf's law strikes again: The case of tourism

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 459-472

  Ulubaşoǧlu, Mehmet A ^a   Hazari, Bharat R ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Gibrat's law; Tourism; Zipf's law

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; TOURISM;

EID: 4043059170     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnlecg/lbh030     Document Type: Article

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