This paper analyses the statistical distribution of war size. We find strong support for a Pareto-type distribution (power law) using data from different sources (COW and UCDP) and periods. A power law describesaccurately the size distribution of all wars, but also the distribution of the sample...

This paper analyses in detail the features offered by a function which is practically new to Urban Economics, the q-exponential, in describing city size distributions. We highlight two contributions. First, we propose a new and simple procedure for estimating their parameters. Second, and more...

This paper analyses the evolution of the size distribution of the stock of immigrants in the period 1960-2000. In particular, we are interested in testing the validity of two empirical regularities: Zips law, which postulates that the product between the rank and size of a population is...