Superstars without talent? The Yule distribution controversy

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 648-652

  Spierdijk, Laura ^a   Voorneveld, Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 70349206183     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.3.648     Document Type: Article

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