000162238 001__ 162238 000162238 005__ 20251017144636.0 000162238 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.cities.2025.106184 000162238 0248_ $$2sideral$$a144760 000162238 037__ $$aART-2025-144760 000162238 041__ $$aeng 000162238 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-9728-668X$$aPuente-Ajovín, Miguel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000162238 245__ $$aThe determinants of national city size distributions: A BMA approach 000162238 260__ $$c2025 000162238 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000162238 5203_ $$aThis paper investigates the factors that influence the national distribution of city sizes, using data from both gridded population estimates and nighttime lights. Leveraging a global definition of human settlements, it also accounts for spatial units smaller than traditional urban centers. To address model uncertainty in identifying robust determinants of cross-country variation in urban concentration, the analysis employs Bayesian model averaging techniques. Across different samples, openness to trade, the Polity score, and natural resource dependence consistently show posterior inclusion probabilities of approximately 50 % or higher. The findings highlight the potential roles of international trade and institutional quality in fostering more balanced national urban systems. 000162238 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 000162238 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000162238 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-5926-2166$$aSanso-Navarro, Marcos$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000162238 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8973-6804$$aVera-Cabello, María 000162238 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000162238 773__ $$g166 (2025), 106184 [14 pp.]$$pCities$$tCities$$x0264-2751 000162238 8564_ $$s2069910$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/162238/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000162238 8564_ $$s2604645$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/162238/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000162238 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:162238$$particulos$$pdriver 000162238 951__ $$a2025-10-17-14:29:13 000162238 980__ $$aARTICLE