21 citations · 40 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
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cond-mat.other2004★ 21 cited
Scaling Behaviour in the Number of Criminal Acts Committed by Individuals
William Cook, Paul Ormerod, Ellie Cooper
We find subtle deviations from power law behaviour in the number of crimes committed by individuals, analysing the two main criminology databases which track this behaviour, the Pi…
cond-mat.stat-mech2002★ 19 cited
Power Law Distribution of the Frequency of Demises of U.S Firms
William Cook, Paul Ormerod
Both theoretical and applied economics have a great deal to say about many aspects of the firm, but the literature on the extinctions, or demises, of firms is very sparse. We use a…