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Exponential and power-law probability distributions of wealth and income in the United Kingdom and the United States
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“where the power law typically applies to income levels only above $100,000 per annum (Drăgulescu and Yakovenko 2001; Tao et al. 2019).”
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“Some econophysics models distinguish a two-class structure in income distributions, where working class income follows an exponential distribution (reflecting additive processes) and rentier or capitalist class income follows a power law (reflecting multiplicative processes). See (Ludwig and Yakovenko 2022; Drăgulescu and Yakovenko 2001).”
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- Authors
- Drăgulescu, A., & Yakovenko, V. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Corresponding author
- Yakovenko, Victor M.
- ORCID
- Yakovenko, Victor M.
- Venue
- Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-10
- Volume
- 299
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 213-221
- ISSN
- 0378-4371 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2171903289
- Cited by
- 569
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 47 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 34 · 2015: 34 · 2014: 22 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 22
- FWCI
- 23.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Statistical Mechanics and Entropy
- Keywords
- wealth distribution, income distribution, exponential distribution, power-law distribution, Pareto tails, income inequality, United Kingdom, United States states
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