Testing for Zipf's law: A common pitfall

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2011
Volume: 112
Issue: 3
Pages: 254-255

Score contribution per author:

1.009 = (α=2.02 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

It is noted that the regression procedure commonly used when testing for Zipf's law is erroneous.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:112:y:2011:i:3:p:254-255
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29