The Zipf's law and the effects of free trade: The case of Guatemala

The aim of this study is to investigate the impacts of trade policy changes on the order of the size of cities and economic growth of Guatemala between 1921 and 2002. The Pareto coefficient was estimated and an index was used to measure the degree of urban concentration. Finally, a model of the impa...

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Main Authors: Jorge Alberto Orellana Aragón, Vívian dos Santos Queiroz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:EconomiA
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1517758014000083