Zipf distribution in top Chinese firms and an economic explanation

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 388, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2020-2024

  Zhang, Jianhua ^a   Chen, Qinghua ^a   Wang, Yougui ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AK model; Firm size distribution; Multiplicative process; Zipf's law

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS;

CAPITAL ACCUMULATION; CHINESE FIRMS; ECONOMIC MODELING; FIRM SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; MULTIPLICATIVE PROCESS; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; ZIPF DISTRIBUTION; ZIPF'S LAW;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 61849145751     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.01.027     Document Type: Article

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