Pareto power-law (1896)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the econophysics subtree

Vilfredo Pareto 1896 wealth-distribution P(x>X) ~ X^-alpha; alpha~1.5-2 across 100+ years; Mandelbrot 1960 stable-Levy generalization to financial returns.

Related concepts

Explore Pareto power-law (1896) on the interactive knowledge graph →