Zipf’s Law and World Income Distribution
- Autori: Furceri, D
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2008
- Tipologia: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Parole Chiave: Zipf's law
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/48019
Abstract
The aim of this article is to demonstrate regularity in the world income distribution. In particular, using GDP per capita data for the period 1980 to 2004, the article shows that the world income distribution follows the well know 'rank-size rule'.