06-100/1 - Comparative Advantage, the Rank-size Rule, and Zipf's Law


  • Authors
    Jeroen Hinloopen, Universiteit van Amsterdam; Charles van Marrewijk, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
  • Publication date
    November 6, 2006
  • Keywords
    Revealed comparative advantage; Balassa index; rank-size rule; Zipf’s Law; power law; Pareto distribution
  • JEL
    C13; C33; F1; L1; O5; R12