Zipf plots and the size distribution of firms

Michael H.R. Stanley; Sergey V. Buldyrev; Shlomo Havlin; Rosario N. Mantegna; Michael A. Salinger; H. Eugene Stanley

doi:10.1016/0165-1765(95)00696-D

Zipf plots and the size distribution of firms

Michael H.R. Stanley
, Sergey V. Buldyrev
, Shlomo Havlin
, Rosario N. Mantegna
, Michael A. Salinger
, H. Eugene Stanley

Department of Physics - at Bar-Ilan University

Boston University

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Abstract

We use a Zipf plot to demonstrate that the upper tail of the size distribution of firms is too thin relative to the log normal rather than too fat, as had previously been believed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	453-457
Number of pages	5
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	49
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(95)00696-D
State	Published - Oct 1995

Keywords

Firm size
Gibrat's Law
Zipf plot

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