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000135342 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1111/jors.12703
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000135342 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-9728-668X$$aPuente-Ajovín, Miguel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000135342 245__ $$aComparing city size distributions: Gridded population versus nighttime lights
000135342 260__ $$c2024
000135342 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000135342 5203_ $$aThis paper compares the size distributions of cities when they are measured using gridded population and nighttime lights (NTLs) data. To do so, we exploit recent and accurate satellite imagery to proxy urban economic activity. Similarly to related studies, our results suggest that population is more equally distributed than lights at the country level. However, and calling assumptions established for urban NTLs into question, our findings do not support a Pareto function for their distribution. We also obtain evidence of a nonlinear and heterogeneous link between population and lights for a global sample of cities. Grounded on our empirical analysis, we develop a simple theoretical framework that relates the difference between the distributions of population and light emissions to the strength of agglomeration economies.
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000135342 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-5926-2166$$aSanso-Navarro, Marcos$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000135342 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8973-6804$$aVera-Cabello, María
000135342 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico
000135342 773__ $$pJ. reg. sci.$$tJOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE$$x0022-4146
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