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Title:
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Historical urban growth in Europe (1300–1800)
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Author:
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González-Val, Rafael
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This paper analyses the evolution of the European urban system from a long-term perspective (from 1300 to 1800) considering the historical data set of Bairoch et al. (1988). Using the method recently proposed by Clauset et al. (2009), a Pareto-type city size distribution (power law) is rejected from 1300 to 1600. A power law is a plausible model for the city size distribution only in 1700 and 1800, although the log-normal distribution is another plausible alternative model that we cannot reject. Moreover, random growth of cities is rejected using parametric and non-parametric methods. The results reveal a clear pattern of convergent growth in all periods. |
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Subject(s):
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-Economia matemàtica
-Riquesa
-Història de l'urbanisme
-Mathematical econòmics
-Wealth
-History of city Planning |
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Rights:
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cc-by-nc-nd, (c) González-Val et al., 2016
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
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Document type:
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Working Paper |
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Published by:
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Institut d’Economia de Barcelona
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